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Hayden Patterson has HIV and says early testing is vital
An alarming trend towards late-term HIV diagnosis is posing a public health risk that could undo efforts to curb the spread of the virus, a leading researcher has warned.
Professor Steve Wesselingh from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) said a growing number of HIV patients were being diagnosed late.
The trend is illustrated by the latest set of figures profiling HIV in Australia, which show 937 new HIV diagnoses in 2017, down from 1,013 in 2016.
Of those new cases, 36 per cent were classed as late, which can result in a patient health being unnecessary compromised. Read More