Community viral load, antiretroviral therapy coverage, and HIV incidence in India: a cross-sectional, comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV incidence is the best measure of treatment-programme effectiveness, but its measurement is difficult and expensive. The concept of community viral load as a modifiable driver of new HIV infections has attracted substantial attention. We set out to compare several measures of community viral load and antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage as correlates of HIV incidence in high-risk populations.

Methods

We analysed data from a sample of people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men, who were participants of the baseline assessment of a cluster-randomised trial in progress across 22 cities in India (ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT01686750). We recruited the study population by use of respondent-driven sampling and did the baseline assessment at 27 community-

SUBMITTER: Solomon SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4863069 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature