HIV Management Guide for Clinical Care and ARV Guidelines

HIV Management Guide for Clinical Care and ARV Guidelines

Epidemiology of HIV infection in Australasia

HIV surveillance in Australia

Table of Contents Skye McGregor : Kirby Institute Last reviewed: March 2019 In Australia, the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is monitored through a range of public health surveillance systems including case reporting, behavioural and biological surveys, and clinical data collection. Case Reporting Case reporting involves reporting of newly diagnosed HIV infection by …

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History of HIV infection in Australia

The first AIDS diagnosis in Australia was in 1982,[13] and following the introduction of HIV testing in 1985, cases of newly diagnosed HIV infection peaked at 2,773 in 1987 declining to their lowest level in 1999 (Figure 1).[14] Studies using the back-projection method have estimated that HIV incidence was highest in 1984 (2,890 cases) with a rapid …

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Summary

While the prevalence of HIV infection in Australia remains very low amongst the general population, and the concentration of the epidemic among men who have sex with men shows promising signs of decreasing, similar trends have not been seen across other vulnerable populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and heterosexuals from migrant backgrounds. …

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References

1. Guy RJ, McDonald AM, Bartlett MJ, et al. HIV diagnoses in Australia: Diverging epidemics within a low-prevalence country. Med J Aust 2007;187:437-40 2. The Kirby Institute. HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia. Annual Surveillance Report 2014. Sydney: The Kirby Institute, UNSW; 2014  3. The Kirby Institute. HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually …

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