High Prevalence of Late-Stage Disease in Newly Diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Sierra Leone | Zendy

George A. Yendewa | Zendy; Eva Poveda | Zendy; Sulaiman Lakoh | Zendy; Sahr A. Yendewa | Zendy; Darlinda F. Jiba | Zendy; Ángel SalgadoBarreira | Zendy; Foday Sahr | Zendy; Robert A. Salata | Zendy

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High Prevalence of Late-Stage Disease in Newly Diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients in Sierra Leone

Author(s) -

George A. Yendewa,

Eva Poveda,

Sulaiman Lakoh,

Sahr A. Yendewa,

Darlinda F. Jiba,

Ángel SalgadoBarreira,

Foday Sahr,

Robert A. Salata

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy208

Subject(s) - sierra leone , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , disease , stage (stratigraphy) , pediatrics , biology , paleontology , development economics , economics

A high prevalence of late-stage disease (75.4%) and severe immunosuppression (23.3%) was observed in 155 newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus patients in Freetown, Sierra Leone during August to November 2017. Within the late-stage diagnosis group, a significantly high proportion of patients reported fever (84.2% vs 65.2%; = .01), weight loss (82.2% vs 63.5%; = .01), and malaise (89.7% vs 71.7%; = .05). Fever was identified as the only independent predictor of late-stage disease in this study.

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