Key points

HIV/AIDS

• Stable rate of HIV diagnosis.

• Higher proportion of advanced-stage diagnoses among heterosexuals.

Recent syphilis

• Half of reported cases occur in the heterosexual population; one-quarter occur in women of childbearing age.

• Two cases of congenital syphilis reported in 2017, both confirmed according to CDC classification.

Gonococcal infections

• Increase in the number of gonococcal infection cases among the heterosexual population.

• For the first time, a decrease in the number of gonococcal infection cases among men who have sex with men, to be confirmed with 2018 data.

• Increase in the proportion of asymptomatic infections, regardless of sexual orientation.