Late presentation to HIV testing is overestimated when based on the consensus definition

HIV Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 231-234

  Sasse, A ^a   Florence, E ^b   Pharris, A ^c   De Wit, S ^d   Lacor, P ^e   Van Beckhoven, D ^a   Deblonde, J ^a   Delforge, M L ^f   Fransen, K ^b   Goffard, J C ^f   Legrand, J C ^g   Moutschen, M ^h   Pierard D ^e   Ruelle, J ⁱ   Vaira, D ^h   Vandercam, B ^j   Van Ranst, M ^k   Van Wijngaerden, E ^k   Vandekerckhove, L ^l   Verhofstede, C ^m  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^f ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^j CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^l GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^m GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

AIDS; Consensus definition; HIV; Late diagnosis; Late presentation; Men who have sex with men; Testing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONSENSUS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LATE PRESENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BELGIUM; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONSENSUS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84960377573     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12292     Document Type: Article

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