Table 2. African-born Victorian residents with HIV: stage at diagnosis.
Stage at diagnosis | CD4 count (cells/µL) | Symptoms and (CD4 count) at HIV diagnosis | ||||
Seroconversion | Asymptomatic | Non-AIDS* | AIDS† | Details of symptoms | ||
Unknown | CS22‡ | |||||
CS19‡ | Genital herpes | |||||
>350 | CS21 (996) | — | ||||
CS06 (855) | — | |||||
CS16 (678) | Fever | |||||
CS07 (647) | Seroconversion illness | |||||
Late HIV diagnosis § | 350–200 | CS09 (320) | — | |||
CS15 (250) | — | |||||
CS10 (247) | Appeared unwell to mother | |||||
CS20 (233) | — | |||||
Advanced HIV disease ** | <200 | CS17 (150) | — | |||
CS02 (14) | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | |||||
CS18 (120) | — | |||||
CS05 (120) | Cerebral toxoplasmosis | |||||
CS11 (118) | — | |||||
CS13 (60) | Shingles | |||||
CS01 (40) | PCP†† | |||||
CS08 (30) | Cerebral toxoplasmosis | |||||
CS14 (3) | PCP, CMV,‡‡ oesophageal candidiasis | |||||
CS12 (2) | Pneumonia |
Non-AIDS defining condition.
Condition fitting definition of acquired immune deficiency syndrome used in national HIV/AIDS surveillance (Kaldor J & McDonald A. JAIDS. 2003;32 Suppl 1).
CD4 count at HIV diagnosis not recorded.
Late HIV diagnosis: CD4 count <350 cells/µL at HIV diagnosis, including “advanced HIV disease”.
Advanced HIV disease: CD4 count <200 cell/µL at diagnosis or AIDS at HIV diagnosis.
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia.
Cytomegalovirus retinitis or disease other than liver, spleen or nodes.