STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1 (Chinese media) -- The rate of HIV infection has almost doubled in Europe and the epidemic remains a major public health issue in Europe, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said here Monday.
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The highest HIV rates in Europe were reported from Estonia, Ukraine, Portugal and the Republic of Moldova, it added.
Injecting drug use is still the main mode of HIV transmission in the eastern part of the WHO European Region, while in the central and western European countries, the predominant mode of transmission is heterosexual contact. The number of HIV cases reported among men having sex with men has also increased, according to ECDC.
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