Poster Sessions Abstract P160 Late diagnosis among our ageing HIV population: a cohort study

Introduction: With the advent of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), more people infected with HIV are living into older age; 22 % of adults receiving care in the UK are aged over 50 years [1]. Age influences HIV infection; the likelihood of seroconversion illness, mean CD4 count and time from infection to development of AIDs defining illnesses decreases with increasing age. A UK study estimates that half of HIV infections in persons over 50 years are acquired at an age over 50 [2]. Studies exploring sexual practices in older persons have repeatedly shown that we cannot assume there is no risk of STI and HI