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Article: Profiling of HIV clinic patients to determine the prevalence and characteristics of recent infections
Title | Profiling of HIV clinic patients to determine the prevalence and characteristics of recent infections |
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Issue Date | 2007 |
Citation | AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 2007, v. 19, n. 2, p. 289-294 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Patients newly attending the government HIV clinic in Hong Kong were studied for the prevalence and characteristics of recent HIV infection, which was defined as having a negative HIV antibody test and/or seroconversion illness within one year of a first positive antibody result. Fifty-nine (12.0%) of 492 HIV-positive patients first seen from 2001 to 2004 were determined to be recently infected. This likely represented the lower bound of the real situation. Compared with non-recent infections on univariate analysis, recent cases were more likely to be men who have sex with men (OR 2.23; 95%CI, 1.23-4.05), never married (OR 1.96; 95%CI, 1.03-3.89), had tertiary or above education (OR 3.93; 95%CI, 1.65-10.09) and with a baseline CD4>=500 cells/ul (OR 3.65; 95%CI, 1.87-6.93). Upon multivariate analysis, tertiary or above education (adjusted OR 4.23; 95%CI, 1.76-10.16) and CD4>=500 cells/ul at diagnosis (adjusted OR 3.58; 95%CI, 1.88-6.84) remained independent variables. HIV clinics are feasible settings for collecting epidemiological information of on-going infection. Differences in the profile between recent and non-recent cases may shed light on targeting efforts to prevent new HIV infections. © 2007 Taylor & Francis. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/323802 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 1.887 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.116 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, W. K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yuen, G. C.Y. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, K. C.K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, K. H. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-13T02:59:26Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-13T02:59:26Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 2007, v. 19, n. 2, p. 289-294 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0954-0121 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/323802 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Patients newly attending the government HIV clinic in Hong Kong were studied for the prevalence and characteristics of recent HIV infection, which was defined as having a negative HIV antibody test and/or seroconversion illness within one year of a first positive antibody result. Fifty-nine (12.0%) of 492 HIV-positive patients first seen from 2001 to 2004 were determined to be recently infected. This likely represented the lower bound of the real situation. Compared with non-recent infections on univariate analysis, recent cases were more likely to be men who have sex with men (OR 2.23; 95%CI, 1.23-4.05), never married (OR 1.96; 95%CI, 1.03-3.89), had tertiary or above education (OR 3.93; 95%CI, 1.65-10.09) and with a baseline CD4>=500 cells/ul (OR 3.65; 95%CI, 1.87-6.93). Upon multivariate analysis, tertiary or above education (adjusted OR 4.23; 95%CI, 1.76-10.16) and CD4>=500 cells/ul at diagnosis (adjusted OR 3.58; 95%CI, 1.88-6.84) remained independent variables. HIV clinics are feasible settings for collecting epidemiological information of on-going infection. Differences in the profile between recent and non-recent cases may shed light on targeting efforts to prevent new HIV infections. © 2007 Taylor & Francis. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV | - |
dc.title | Profiling of HIV clinic patients to determine the prevalence and characteristics of recent infections | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09540120600872083 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 17364412 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-33847028712 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 19 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 289 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 294 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1360-0451 | - |