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Document 0671
DOCN M94A0671
TI Changing age at diagnosis of HIV/AIDS among gay men in Victoria,
1986-92.
DT 9412
AU Crofts N; Stevenson E; Thompson S; Macfarlane Burnet Centre, Fairfield,
Vic.
SO Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:47 (abstract no. SE4).
Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94348984
AB AIM: To assess trends in age at diagnosis of HIV/AIDS among Victorian
gay men METHODS: Geometric mean ages at diagnosis of HIV infection/AIDS
were calculated RESULTS: Mean age at diagnosis of AIDS has been
consistently about 4.5 years greater than at diagnosis of HIV infection.
Both have been increasing steadily over time, 0.6 and 0.8 years p.a.
since 1985 and 1986 respectively for AIDS and HIV infection. The mean
ages of men known to have been infected within the 12 months preceding
diagnosis of HIV infection have varied: about 4 years younger in 89 &
91, but about the same in 90 & 92 as for others diagnosed with HIV
infection. CONCLUSIONS: There is substantial support here for the
hypothesis that the major epidemic of HIV took place among gay men in
Victoria before 1986, and that discovery of HIV infection among gay men
since then has largely been in those infected prior to 1986.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/
TRANSMISSION Adult Age Factors Cross-Sectional Studies *Disease
Outbreaks *Homosexuality Human HIV
Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Incidence Male
Victoria/EPIDEMIOLOGY MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).