Evaluating the time of HIV infection, diagnosis and treatment delays based on HIV notification data in Northwest China, 2008 & #x2013;19

Rui Zhao, Hailan Zhang, Xin Zhao, Tianyi Zhuang, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong, Shiyi He, Lu Bai, Jane Hocking, Lei Zhang, Xiaoli Wei, Guihua Zhuang We estimate the time from HIV infection to initiation of ART and the proportion of undiagnosed HIV infections, based on HIV notification data from Northwest China during 2008–19 and found: first, we estimated about that two-thirds of HIV cases remain undiagnosed and this proportion was even higher among heterosexuals&#x003B; and second, the time from HIV diagnosis to ART initiation has reduced significantly over the past decade.
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