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Late diagnosis of HIV: An updated consensus definition
Croxford, S; Stengaard, AR; Brännström, J; Combs, L; Dedes, N; Girardi, E; Grabar, S; Kirk, O; Kuchukhidze, G; Lazarus, JV; Noori, T; Pharris, AIntroduction: In recent years, HIV testing frequency has increased, resulting in more people being diagnosed during seroconversion with a temporarily low CD4 count. Using the current consensus definition of late HIV presentation ('presenting for care with a CD4 count < 350 cells/μL or an AIDS-defining event, regardless of CD4 count') these individuals would be incorrectly assigned as being diagnosed late. Metho...
A call to action toward integrated testing and earlier care for viral hepatitis...
Raben, D; Hoekstra, M; Combs, L; Sullivan, AK; Lazarus, JV; Lambert, JS; Simões, D; Streinu-Cercel, A; Rockstroh, JK; Streinu-Cercel, A; Amato-Gauci, AObjectives. The objective of the paper is to present the outcomes of the HepHIV 2019 conference, held in Bucharest under the Romanian EU Presidency and focusing on challenges of timely and integrated testing and care. Methods. The conference programme was put together by the organizing committee. It consisted of invited talks and peer-reviewed abstracts. Results. In all, 65 abstracts from 20 countries were pres...
European AIDS Clinical Society Standard of Care meeting on HIV and related coin...
Mussini, C; Antinori, A; Bhagani, S; Branco, T; Brostrom, M; Dedes, N; Bereczky, T; Girardi, E; Gökengin, D; Horban, A; Lacombe, K; Lundgren, JDObjectives: The objective of the 1st European AIDS Clinical Society meeting on Standard of Care in Europe was to raise awareness of the European scenario and come to an agreement on actions that could be taken in the future. Methods: Data-driven presentations were given on specific topics followed by interactive panel discussions. Results: In Eastern European countries, the epidemic is largely driven by injecti...