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Infections: blood-borne

Summary statistics for blood-borne infections in Scotland are given below. Detailed surveillance data and trend information are available from the Health Protection Scotland Statistics (HPS) website. 

HIV and AIDS

  • In 2008, 372 diagnoses of HIV were reported to HPS.  This figure compares with annual totals of 453 in 2007 and 345 in 2006.
  • HIV diagnosis in Scotland as a result of sexual intercourse between men and women accounted for 45% of all new cases in 2008
  • There were 39 new cases of AIDS in 2008.  This figure compares to 36 new cases in 2007 and 41 in 2006.

Detailed HIV and AIDS surveillance data and trend information are available from the Health Protection Scotland Statistics (HPS) website. 

 

Hepatitis B

  • In 2002, 354 cases of hepatitis B infection were reported by laboratories to HPS, compared to 357 cases in 2001 and 360 cases in 2000.


Hepatitis C

  • In 2008, there were 1588 persons reported to be hepatitis C antibody positive in Scotland (30.7 per 100 000 population).

Detailed Hepatitis C surveillance data and trend information are available from the Health Protection Scotland Statistics (HPS) website.    

 

In addition, the HPS Weekly Report publishes monthly and quarterly surveillance reports for each of the areas that HPS cover. Current and archived issues of the HPS weekly report can be accessed from the Publications section of the Health Protection Scotland website.