Long‐term trends in HIV care entry: over 15 years of clinical experience from Poland

Long‐term trends in HIV care entry: over 15 years of clinical experience from Poland

Introduction Delay in HIV diagnosis and consequently late care entry with low CD4 counts remain a major challenge for the control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The aim of this study was to analyse the evolution of characteristics of the HIV epidemic in Poland. Methods Cross‐sectional data were collected...

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Veröffentlicht in:HIV medicine 2019-10, Vol.20 (9), p.581-590
Hauptverfasser: Siwak, E, Horban, A, Witak‐Jędra, M, Cielniak, I, Firląg‐Burkacka, E, Leszczyszyn‐Pynka, M, Witor, A, Muller, K, Bociąga‐Jasik, M, Kalinowska‐Nowak, A, Gąsiorowski, J, Szetela, B, Jabłonowska, E, Wójcik‐Cichy, K, Jankowska, J, Lemańska, M, Olczak, A, Grąbczewska, E, Grzeszczuk, A, Rogalska‐Plonska, M, Suchacz, M, Mikuła, T, Łojewski, W, Bielec, D, Kocbach, P, Błudzin, W, Parczewski, M
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
CD4 antigen
Confidence intervals
Disease control
Drug abuse
Epidemics
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
late care entry
late presenters
Patients
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
time trends
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction Delay in HIV diagnosis and consequently late care entry with low CD4 counts remain a major challenge for the control of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The aim of this study was to analyse the evolution of characteristics of the HIV epidemic in Poland. Methods Cross‐sectional data were collected for 3972 HIV‐infected patients followed up in 14 of 17 Polish HIV treatment centres in the years 2000–2015. Clinical data were analysed and factors associated with late presentation (baseline CD4 count 
ISSN:1464-2662
1468-1293
DOI:10.1111/hiv.12762