As many as one in every five gay and bisexual Auckland men with HIV are unaware they are infected, according to an HRC-funded study carried out by the University of Otago’s Department of Preventive and Social Medicine. The study showed that overall 6.5 per cent of the group surveyed have HIV.
Lead investigator Dr Peter Saxton says it was the first time a biological measure of HIV had been collected in a community setting of gay men in New Zealand.
Previous studies had looked at sexual health clinic attenders, a sentinel population in which you would expect to find earlier warning of changes to the epidemic than in the general population...