Testing Initiatives Increase Rates of HIV Diagnosis in Primary Care and Community Settings: An Observational Single-Centre Cohort Study

Prini Mahendran, Suneeta Soni, Stephanie Goubet, Emma Saunsbury, Jonathan Roberts and Martin Fisher

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-7

Abstract: Objectives: The primary objective was to examine trends in new HIV diagnoses in a UK area of high HIV prevalence between 2000 and 2012 with respect to site of diagnosis and stage of HIV infection. Design: Single-centre observational cohort study. Setting: An outpatient HIV department in a secondary care UK hospital. Participants: 1359 HIV-infected adults. Main Outcome Measures: Demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation), site of initial HIV diagnosis (Routine settings such as HIV/GUM clinics versus Non-Routine settings such as primary care and community venues), stage of HIV infection, CD4 count and seroconversion symptoms were collated for each participant. Results: There was a significant increase in the proportion of new HIV diagnoses made in Non-Routine settings (from 27.0% in 2000 to 58.8% in 2012; p

Date: 2015
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