Gaceta Sanitaria
Volume 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-88

Epidemiology of HIV infection in immigrants in Spain: information sources, characteristics, magnitude and tendencies [Epidemiología de la infección por VIH en inmigrantes en España: fuentes de información, características, magnitud y tendencias] (Article) (Open Access)

Caro-Murillo A.M.* , Castilla Catalán J. , Amo Valero J.d.
  • a Cohorte de la Red de Investigación en Sida (CoRIS), Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
  • b CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, Instituto de Salud Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • c Cohorte de la Red de Investigación en Sida (CoRIS), Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Lately Spain, the proportion of immigrants has increased in both general and HIV-infected populations. Nevertheles, data on the temporal trends of the epidemic in immigrants and on their sociodemographic, epidemiologic and clinical characteristics are scarce and are scattered in various information sources that cover complementary aspects of this issue. The objectives of the present study were to analyze the available information sources that allow the epidemiology of HIV infection in immigrants in Spain to be studied, and to describe the current situation of HIV infection in immigrants, based on the available information sources. © 2009 SESPAS.

Author Keywords

immigrants Information sources Spain HIV Epidemiology

Index Keywords

National Health Programs educational status South and Central America HIV Infections Latin America Registries Human immunodeficiency virus infection Europe Population Surveillance register human middle aged Asia statistics Cohort Studies Health Surveys ethnology Cross-Sectional Studies Young Adult cross-sectional study Humans Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants Spain female Africa Article organization and management adult migration government Utilization Review cohort analysis Emigration and Immigration public health Government Agencies health survey
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-75749155763&doi=10.1016%2fj.gaceta.2009.06.009&partnerID=40&md5=ff26221f3bc404f3f7f4e2aa3fa444f1
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2009.06.009
ISSN: 02139111
Cited by: 16
Original Language: Spanish