Determinants of HIV late presentation among men who have sex with men in Portugal (2014-2019): who's being left behind?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

HIV late presentation (LP) remains excessive in Europe. We aimed to analyze the factors associated with late presentation in the MSM population newly diagnosed with HIV in Portugal between 2014 and 2019.

Methods

We included 391 newly HIV-1 diagnosed Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), from the BESTHOPE project, in 17 countrywide Portuguese hospitals. The data included clinical and socio-behavioral questionnaires and the viral genomic sequence obtained in the drug resistance test before starting antiretrovirals (ARVs). HIV-1 subtypes and epidemiological surveillance mutations were determined using different bioinformatics tools. Logistic regression was used to estimate the association between predictor variables and late presentation (LP).

Results

The median

SUBMITTER: Abrantes R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947991 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature