Publications by authors named "Joan Artur Cayla"
Objectives: Young people are a critical target group for sexually transmitted infections (STI) surveillance due to their particular behavioural and social related vulnerability. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics and trends in the incidence of gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV and venereal lymphogranuloma (LGV) among 15-24-year-olds in Barcelona, and to determine factors associated with HIV coinfection.
Design: We performed a population-based incidence study covering the 2007-2015 period.
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at how many people in Catalonia have HIV but don't know it, which makes it harder to stop the spread of the virus.
- In 2013, about 34,729 people were living with HIV in Catalonia, and 12.3% of them didn’t know they had it.
- It found that migrant men who have sex with men were more likely to be undiagnosed and had a harder time getting the care they needed compared to local men.
[Descriptive study of hepatitis outbreaks occurring in Catalonia (1999-2003)].
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
November 2006
Background And Objective: The currently low endemic level of hepatitis A in Spain favors manifestation of the disease as outbreaks among specific risk groups. The aim of this study is to analyze the hepatitis A outbreaks investigated in Catalonia (Spain) during the period of 1999 to 2003.
Methods: The criteria for including an outbreak were defined and outbreaks were classified according to the type of transmission.