Title
Temporal Trends in Age at HIV Diagnosis in Cohorts in the United States, the Caribbean, and Central and South America
Date Issued
01 October 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Crabtree-Ramírez B.
Vega Y.N.C.
Shepherd B.E.
Turner M.
Fink V.
Luz P.M.
Cortes C.P.
Rouzier V.
Padgett D.
Jayathilake K.
McGowan C.C.
Person A.K.
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
In the United States (USA), the age of those newly diagnosed with HIV is changing, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM). A retrospective analysis included HIV-infected adults from seven sites in the Caribbean, Central and South America network (CCASAnet) and the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic (VCCC-Nashville, Tennessee, USA). We estimated the proportion of patients <25 years at HIV diagnosis by calendar year among the general population and MSM. 19,466 (CCASAnet) and 3,746 (VCCC) patients were included. The proportion <25 years at diagnosis in VCCC increased over time for both the general population and MSM (p < 0.001). Only in the Chilean site for the general population and the Brazilian site for MSM were similar trends seen. Subjects <25 years of age at diagnosis were less likely to be immunocompromised at enrollment at both the VCCC and CCASAnet. Recent trends in the USA of greater numbers of newly diagnosed young patients were not consistently observed in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prevention efforts tailored to young adults should be increased.
Start page
1599
End page
1608
Volume
19
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84940598816
PubMed ID
Source
AIDS and Behavior
ISSN of the container
1090-7165
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID K24AI065298, U01AI069923 National Institutes of Health K24 AI65298 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Cancer Institute
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