Shivaji, TaraDiniz, AntonioCortes-Martins, Helena2015-10-122015-10-122014http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/9910It is estimated that over half of newly diagnosed HIV infections in Europe present late. An HIV positive individual presenting late to care represents a missed opportunity to benefit from treatment, increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality at an individual level, and onward disease transmission at population level. Reducing late presentation is a strategic priority of the Portuguese HIV/AIDS program.We set out to describe the characteristics of late presentation in the two largest transmission risk groups currently in Portugal to inform HIV prevention and treatment.engVIH/SIDAHomosexuaisPortugalconference objecthttp://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.17.4.19690