A population‐level application of a method for estimating the timing of HIV acquisition among migrants to Australia

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Introduction

Australia has set the goal for the virtual elimination of HIV transmission by the end of 2022, yet accurate information is lacking on the level of HIV transmission occurring among residents. We developed a method for estimating the timing of HIV acquisition among migrants, relative to their arrival in Australia. We then applied this method to surveillance data from the Australian National HIV Registry with the aim of ascertaining the level of HIV transmission among migrants to Australia occurring before and after migration, and to inform appropriate local public health interventions.

Methods

We developed an algorithm incorporating CD4+ T‐cell decline back‐projection and enhanced variables (clinical presentation, past HIV testing history and clinician

SUBMITTER: King J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10267571 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature