LATE PRESENTATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION IN TURKEY
CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.27, no.3, pp.229-234, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 27 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2019
- Doi Number: 10.21101/cejph.a5416
- Journal Name: CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.229-234
- Keywords: late presentation, human immunodeficiency virus infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, DRUG-RESISTANCE MUTATIONS, HIV-INFECTION, HIV/AIDS PATIENTS, LATE PRESENTERS, RISK-FACTORS, ISTANBUL, CARE, SEROPREVALENCE, CONSEQUENCES
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: No
Abstract
Objective: Late presentation of the patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with less favourable treatment responses, more accelerated clinical progression, and a higher mortality risk. Although HIV prevalence is low in Turkey, it is steadily increasing and the information about late presentation among HIV-positives is limited. We aimed to analyze the status of late presentation among HIV-positive patients in Turkey.