Key points

HIV/AIDS

• The rate of positive serology results in the region was estimated at 1.4 per 1,000 tests in 2017, equivalent to that of mainland France excluding the Île-de-France region

• There were 182 reported cases of HIV infection, and 134 people received new treatment for the disease

• In total, 33% of people were diagnosed at an advanced stage of infection

• Overall, data completeness decreased by 10% in 2017 compared to the 2012–2016 period

Sexually transmitted infections

• Recent syphilis: increase in the number of cases reported through the ResIST network and an increase in the number of network participants in 2017

• Gonorrhea: increase in the number of positive samples for Neisseria gonorrhoeae reported to the Rénago network in the Pays de la Loire region in 2017