Characteristics and behaviors in a sample of patients unaware of their infection until AIDS diagnosis in Italy: a cross-sectional study

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Up to the test? Routine HIV testing in everyday clinical practice

“…Relying on patients to seek HIV testing has remained important in the UK; however, there are problems with this approach. Asymptomatic individuals are unlikely to request HIV testing, particularly if they do not correctly perceive their risk of HIV exposure (10,11). An estimated 26% of all those infected with HIV in the UK remain unaware of their HIV diagnosis (12), which prohibits individual health seeking behaviour and modification of lifestyle factors associated with HIV transmission (13).…”