The risk of HIV transmission at each step of the HIV care continuum among people who inject drugs: a modeling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who inject drugs (PWID) are at continued risk for HIV in the U.S., and experience disparities across the HIV care continuum compared to other high-risk groups. Estimates of the risk of HIV transmission at each stage of the care continuum may assist in identifying public health priorities for averting incident infections among PWID, in addition to transmissions to sexual partners of PWID.

Methods

We created an agent-based model simulating HIV transmission and the HIV care continuum for PWID in New York City (NYC) in 2012. To account for sexual transmission arising from PWID to non-PWID, the simulation included the entire adult NYC population. Using surveillance data and estimates from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system, we simulated a dynamic se

SUBMITTER: Escudero DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5525346 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature