Persistent poor clinical outcomes of people living with HIV presenting with AIDS and late for HIV diagnosis – results from the Icona cohort in Italy, 2009-2022

Despite universal access to HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment (ART), diagnosis of HIV at a late stage of the disease is still a significant challenge, even in high-income countries [1,2]. Late HIV diagnosis (LD) has been defined as a person first diagnosed with HIV with a CD4 count below 350 cell/mm3 or with an AIDS-defining event (ADE) regardless of the CD4 count, excluding individuals with evidence of recent HIV infection [3,4]. In 2021, according to the European and Italian HIV surveillance data, 54% of newly diagnosed HIV-positive subjects in Europe and 63% in Italy were diagnosed late [1,2].

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - March 6, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Annalisa Mondi, Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri, Alessandro Tavelli, Antonella Cingolani, Andrea Giacomelli, Giancarlo Orofino, Gabriella De Girolamo, Carmela Pinnetti, Andrea Gori, Annalisa Saracino, Alessandra Bandera, Giulia Marchetti, Enrico Girardi, Cristina Source Type: research