TY - GEN T1 - Risk Factors and Outcomes for Late Presentation for HIV-Positive Persons in Europe: Results from the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe Study (COHERE) AU - Mocroft, Amanda AU - Lundgren, Jens D. AU - Sabin, Miriam Lewis AU - Monforte, Antonella d'Arminio AU - Brockmeyer, Norbert AU - Casabona, Jordi AU - Castagna, Antonella AU - Costagliola, Dominique AU - Dabis, Francois AU - Wit, Stéphane de AU - Fätkenheuer, Gerd AU - Furrer, Hansjakob AU - Johnson, Anne M. AU - Lazanas, Marios K. AU - Leport, Catherine AU - Moreno, Santiago AU - Obel, Niels AU - Post, Frank A. AU - Reekie, Joanne AU - Reiss, Peter AU - Sabin, Caroline AU - Skaletz-Rorowski, Adriane AU - Suarez-Lozano, Ignacio AU - Torti, Carlo AU - Warszawski, Josiane AB - Background: Few studies have monitored late presentation (LP) of HIV infection over the European continent, including Eastern Europe. Study objectives were to explore the impact of LP on AIDS and mortality. Methods and Findings: LP was defined in Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe (COHERE) as HIV diagnosis with a CD4 count KW - Humans KW - Female KW - Male KW - Risk Factors KW - Time Factors KW - HIV Infections/epidemiology KW - Europe/epidemiology KW - Incidence KW - Sensitivity and Specificity KW - CD4 Lymphocyte Count KW - HIV Infections/immunology KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Cooperative Behavior KW - Disease Progression KW - HIV Infections/diagnosis KW - HIV Seropositivity/epidemiology KW - Substance Abuse Intravenous/epidemiology KW - 610 Medizin PY - 2013 LA - eng PB - Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie VL - 10 IS - 9 DO - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001510 ER -