New HIV/AIDS Screening Study Findings

New HIV/AIDS screening study findings recently were reported by A.R. Wohl and co-researchers.

Researchers detail in 'Factors associated with late HIV testing for Latinos diagnosed with AIDS in Los Angeles,' new data in HIV/AIDS. "Latinos are more likely to test late for HIV infection compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. A population-based interview study was used to examine factors associated with late HIV testing for Latinos diagnosed with AIDS in Los Angeles County (LAC) to develop more effective HIV testing outreach strategies," investigators in the United States report.

"Latinos testing for HIV within one year of an AIDS diagnosis were considered as late testers, while those diagnosed with AIDS more than one year after an HIV diagnosis were defined as non-late testers. After adjusting for age, education, country of birth, and injection drug use in a logistic regression analysis, completion of the interview in Spanish was the main factor associated with late testing (adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)=2.9, 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs): 1.4, 6.0). Latinos testing late for HIV were also more likely to test due to illness (p <0.0001) and less likely to test as part of a clinical screening (p <0.0001). Late testers were more likely to receive their first positive HIV test as a hospital inpatient (p <0.0001) and less likely to test positive at a community health center or public clinic (p=0.05)," wrote A.R. Wohl and colleagues.

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