Association of demographics, HCV co-infection, HIV-1 subtypes and genetic clustering with late HIV diagnosis: a retrospective analysis from the Japanese Drug Resistance HIV-1 Surveillance Network.
Machiko OtaniTeiichiro ShiinoAtsuko HachiyaHiroyuki GatanagaDai WatanabeRumi MinamiMasako NishizawaTakanori TeshimaShigeru YoshidaToshihiro ItoTsunefusa HayashidaMichiko KogaMami NagashimaKenji SadamasuMakiko KondoShingo KatoShunsuke UnoToshibumi TaniguchiHidetoshi IgariSei SamukawaHideaki NakajimaYusuke YoshinoMasahide HoribaHiroshi MoroTamayo WatanabeMayumi ImahashiYoshiyuki YokomakuHaruyo MoriTeruhisa FujiiKiyonori TakadaAsako NakamuraHideta NakamuraMasao TateyamaShuzo MatsushitaKazuhisa YoshimuraWataru SugiuraTetsuro MatanoTadashi Kikuchinull nullPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2023)
In addition to demographic factors, HCV co-infection, HIV-1 subtypes/CRFs and not belonging to a cluster were independently associated with late HIV diagnosis in Japan. These results imply the need for public health programmes aimed at the general population, including but not limited to key populations, to encourage HIV testing.