TY - JOUR T1 - How can we remove barriers to HIV testing outside of a GUM setting? JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 365 LP - 365 DO - 10.3399/bjgp08X280308 VL - 58 IS - 550 AU - Tristan J Barber AU - Anatole Menon-Johansson AU - Simon Barton Y1 - 2008/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/58/550/365.1.abstract N2 - Approximately 32% of patients infected by HIV in the UK remain undiagnosed.1 Delayed HIV diagnosis is responsible for HIV presentation at lower CD4 T-cell count and such patients respond less well to antiretroviral therapy.2 At least 35% of HIV-related deaths in 2005/6 in the UK were attributed to late diagnosis of infection.3 Furthermore, delays in HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy contribute to horizontal and vertical transmission of HIV infection.4,5A … ER -