Divergent estimates of HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Ukraine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Divergent estimates of HIV incidence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Ukraine have been reported in modeling studies, longitudinal cohort studies, and recent infection assays used in cross-sectional surveys. Estimates range from 0.65 to 24.8 infections per 100 person-years with substantial regional variation. In this paper, we study the sources of this discrepancy.

Methods

We compared baseline characteristics of study subjects recruited in the cross-sectional integrated bio-behavioral surveillance surveys (IBBS) in 2011 and 2013, with those from the longitudinal network intervention trial (network RCT) conducted between 2010 - 2013, the study that found a remarkably high incidence of HIV among PWID in Ukraine. The analysis was conducted for two cities: Myko

SUBMITTER: Morozova O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6899203 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature