Risk factors for late HIV diagnosis in French Guiana

Risk factors for delayed HIV diagnosis in French Guiana were studied in 1952 patients between 1992 and 2003. At the time of diagnosis, 30% of patients had less than 200 CD4 lymphocytes/mm3; age, male sex, and foreign nationality were independently associated with a low CD4 cell count. The availabili...

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Veröffentlicht in:	AIDS (London) 2005-04, Vol.19 (7), p.727-729
Hauptverfasser:	NACHER, Mathieu, EL GUEDJ, Myriam, VAZ, Tania, NASSER, Valéry, RANDRIANJOHANY, Andry, ALVAREZ, Fernand, SOBESKY, Milko, MAGNIEN, Christian, COUPPIE, Pierre
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors AIDS/HIV Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active Antiviral agents Biological and medical sciences CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes Developing Countries Female French Guiana HIV Infections - diagnosis HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Infections - immunology Human immunodeficiency virus Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Patient Education as Topic Pharmacology. Drug treatments Pregnancy Risk Factors Sex Factors Time Factors Transients and Migrants Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Zusammenfassung:	Risk factors for delayed HIV diagnosis in French Guiana were studied in 1952 patients between 1992 and 2003. At the time of diagnosis, 30% of patients had less than 200 CD4 lymphocytes/mm3; age, male sex, and foreign nationality were independently associated with a low CD4 cell count. The availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy was not associated with an earlier HIV diagnosis. Promoting HIV information and testing should be done in several languages to reach minorities.
ISSN:	0269-9370 1473-5571
DOI:	10.1097/01.aids.0000166096.69811.b7