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The case for indicator condition‐guided HIV screening
Author(s) -
Lazarus JV,
Hoekstra M,
Raben D,
Delpech V,
Coenen T,
Lundgren JD
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
hiv medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.53
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1468-1293
pISSN - 1464-2662
DOI - 10.1111/hiv.12022
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , presentation (obstetrics) , hiv test , hiv screening , test (biology) , intensive care medicine , immunology , surgery , men who have sex with men , environmental health , health services , paleontology , population , health facility , biology , syphilis
One‐half of the estimated 2.5 million people who now live with HIV in the W orld H ealth O rganization ( WHO ) E uropean R egion are still diagnosed late. A central question is which clinical scenarios should trigger an HIV test recommendation in order to avoid late presentation. Drawing on the work of the HIV I ndicator D iseases across E urope S tudy ( HIDES ), new guidance brings together in one place a list of the conditions that should result in an HIV screening recommendation.