Delayed HIV diagnosis common in Sweden, 2003–2010
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Delayed HIV diagnosis common in Sweden, 2003–2010
BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of HIV is important for the prognosis of individual patients, because antiretroviral treatment can be started at the appropriate time, and for public health, because transmission can be prevented. METHODS Data were collected from 767 HIV patients who were diagnosed in Sweden during 2003-2010 and were infected in Sweden or born in Sweden and infected abroad. A recent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0036-5548,1651-1980
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2014.953575