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Fears over Late HIV Diagnoses
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Abstract
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| The United Kingdom recorded 7,298 new HIV diagnoses last year among people over age 15, and almost one-third tested late, the Health Protection Agency recently reported. An estimated 32 percent of diagnoses (n=2,310) were in people whose CD4 counts had already fallen to less than 200 cells/cubic millimeter. The proportion of late-testers would be 55 percent using treatment guidelines from the British HIV Association, which calls for initiating antiretroviral therapy when the CD4 count falls below 350 cells/cubic millimeter. Last year, 525 people with HIV died, which is comparable to previous years, HPA said.
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| http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk |
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Subjects
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Diagnosis
HIV Testing
HIV/AIDS Treatment or Therapies
Statistics
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cdcnpin.org News Record #54368
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