TY - JOUR
T1 - High rates of undiagnosed HIV infections in a community sample of gay men in Melbourne, Australia
AU - Pedrana, Alisa Edith
AU - Hellard, Margaret Elena
AU - Wilson, Kim
AU - Guy, Rebecca
AU - Stoove, Mark
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Undiagnosed HIV infections contribute disproportionately to the HIV epidemic. We recruited 639 gay men attending social venues, who completed a cross-sectional survey with oral fluid collection for HIV testing in 2008. We calculated HIV and undiagnosed HIV prevalence and used ? 2 tests and logistic regression to examine associations between participant characteristics and HIV status. Among 639 men, 61 (9.5 , 95 confidence interval: 7.4 to 12.1 ) tested HIV positive, of which 19 (31.1 , 95 confidence interval: 19.9 to 44.3 ) were classified as undiagnosed HIV positive. Almost a third of HIV-positive men were unaware of their HIV status, and of these men, a large proportion engaged in high-risk behaviors.
AB - Undiagnosed HIV infections contribute disproportionately to the HIV epidemic. We recruited 639 gay men attending social venues, who completed a cross-sectional survey with oral fluid collection for HIV testing in 2008. We calculated HIV and undiagnosed HIV prevalence and used ? 2 tests and logistic regression to examine associations between participant characteristics and HIV status. Among 639 men, 61 (9.5 , 95 confidence interval: 7.4 to 12.1 ) tested HIV positive, of which 19 (31.1 , 95 confidence interval: 19.9 to 44.3 ) were classified as undiagnosed HIV positive. Almost a third of HIV-positive men were unaware of their HIV status, and of these men, a large proportion engaged in high-risk behaviors.
UR - http://www.ashm.org.au/images/Pedrana_JAIDS.pdf
U2 - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182396869
DO - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182396869
M3 - Article
VL - 59
SP - 94
EP - 99
JO - JAIDS
JF - JAIDS
SN - 1525-4135
IS - 1
ER -
