Late Presentation into Care of HIV Disease and Its Associated Factors in Asia: Results of TAHOD

Many HIV-infected individuals do not enter health care until late in the infection course. Despite encouraging earlier testing, this situation has continued for several years. We investigated the prevalence of late presenters and factors associated with late presentation among HIV-infected patients in an Asian regional cohort. This cohort study included HIV-infected patients with their first positive HIV test during 2003–2012 and CD4 count and clinical status data within 3 months of that test. Factors associated with late presentation into care (CD4 count