There were 166 newly diagnosed cases of HIV for gay and bisexual men in Ireland in 2012.

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The figures released by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre are the highest diagnosis rates recorded to date.

HIV diagnosis rates among gay and bisexual men have increased by 160% between 2005 and 2012, and now represent just under half, or 48%, of all new HIV diagnoses.

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