A descriptive study of British South Asians living with HIV in North East London.
AIDS Care
; 33(4): 537-540, 2021 04.
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ABSTRACT
To our knowledge, no published literature has focused on South Asians living with HIV in the U.K. since 2004. We reviewed the case-notes of all patients self-identifying as South Asian attending two HIV centres in North East London between 1st January and 31st December 2017.Of 131 patients, 107 were male, median age 43 (range 24-72). Most (73.3%) were born outside the U.K., 55.7% were Muslim. 56.5% identified as heterosexual. However, 5.4% of heterosexual men may have become infected from sex between men. More men who have sex with men (MSM) (59.6%) were diagnosed on routine screening rather than when symptomatic or through partner notification, compared to heterosexual men (30.6%) and women (48.0%). Heterosexual men and women were diagnosed with lower CD4 counts than MSM (257 vs 307 vs 456 cells/µL). . Almost all of the sample were on antiretroviral treatment (97.7%), of whom 94.5% had an undetectable viral load (<200 copies/ml). The cohort was highly co-morbid (60.3%) and 38.9% had a history of poor mental health.We describe a diverse sample of British South Asians living with HIV We recommend that culturally specific campaigns encouraging routine HIV testing in the British South Asian population should be developed.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Povo Asiático
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS Care
Assunto da revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido