Cohort profile: the LHIV-Manitoba clinical cohort of people living with HIV in Manitoba, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The LHIV-Manitoba cohort was developed as a way to provide a comprehensive source of HIV-related health information in the central Canadian Prairie province of Manitoba. The cohort will provide important information as we aim to better understand local HIV epidemiology and address key knowledge and practice gaps in HIV prevention, treatment and care programming in the province.

Participants

In total, 890 individuals, aged 18 or older and living or receiving HIV care in Manitoba are enrolled in the cohort. A complete clinical dataset exists for 725 participants, which includes variables on sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities and co-infections, self-reported HIV exposure categories and HIV clinical indicators. A limited clinical dataset exists for an additi

SUBMITTER: McClarty LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259858 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature