HIV seroprevalence, incidence, and viral suppression among Ugandan males with bar or sex worker partners: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female bar or sex workers (FBSWs) in Eastern Africa experience a high burden of HIV. However, there is limited population-level data on HIV seroprevalence, incidence, and viral suppression among their male partners.

Methods

Men who had sex with FBSWs in the past year were identified through longitudinal population-based HIV surveillance in southern Uganda between 2013 and 2020. Surveillance was conducted over four surveys in four Lake Victoria fishing communities (HIV seroprevalence∼40%) and 37 inland agricultural and trading communities (∼12%). Primary outcomes included laboratory-confirmed HIV seropositivity, incident infection, and viral suppression (<200 copies/mL). Prevalence and incidence rate ratios (PR, IRR) were estimated using univariable and multivariab

SUBMITTER: Feng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11957167 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature