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Document 0678
DOCN M94A0678
TI Changing pattern of HIV diagnosis in Victoria. The Victorian
Collaborative Group on HIV and AIDS Surveillance.
DT 9412
AU Stevenson E; Crofts N; Gertig D; Breschkin A; Macfarlane Burnet Centre
for Medical Research, Fairfield.
SO Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:43 (abstract no. FE2).
Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94348977
AB OBJECTIVES: To describe changes in the pattern of HIV diagnosis in
Victoria. METHODS: Data, including exposure category, are collected on
all Victorians newly diagnosed with HIV infection. For those cases not
attributed to homosexual contact exposure is further clarified with the
patient's doctor. RESULTS: For 1986 to 1991 the number of HIV diagnoses
in Victoria was stable at around 300 per year, with approximately 80% of
infection occurring in men reporting homosexual contact. In 1992 the
annual number of new diagnoses had declined to 269, compared with 311
for 1991. Men reporting homosexual contact made up 75% (n = 196) of new
diagnoses in 1992 (excluding unknowns) as compared with 83% (n = 245) in
1991 (p = 0.01). There was an increase in the number (and proportion) of
diagnoses attributed to heterosexual contact, from 32 (10.3%) in 1991 to
45 (16.7%) in 1992. The number of women diagnosed has also increased in
recent years from 14 during 1991 to 24 during 1992, while the number of
diagnoses associated with either injecting drug use (IDU) or sexual
contact with IDUs remains low at 6% for 1991 and 7% for 1992.
CONCLUSION: Changes in the pattern of the epidemic in Victoria are
evident in the increasing proportion of new diagnoses not attributed to
either homosexual contact or injecting drug use, a factor which makes
targeting prevention campaigns increasingly difficult. The declining
number of new diagnoses in homosexual men may reflect the fact that many
of those men infected in the early 1980's have either developed illness
or presented for testing.
DE Adolescence Adult Aged Disease Outbreaks Female Human HIV
Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION HIV
Seroprevalence/*TRENDS Incidence Male Middle Age
Victoria/EPIDEMIOLOGY MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).