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Psychosocial Factors, Condomless Sex, and Detectable Viral Load in HIV-Positive Women in Serodiscordant Couples in Nairobi, Kenya.

ABSTRACT: This prospective study of HIV-positive Kenyan women in serodiscordant couples examined relationships between psychosocial factors, viral suppression, and condomless sex. Participants were screened for alcohol use disorders and intimate partner violence (IPV) annually and depressive symptoms every 6 months. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) detection was used as a marker for condomless sex. A total of 151 participants contributed 349 person-years of follow-up. Hazardous/harmful alcohol use was associated with increased risk of detecting PSA in vaginal secretions (aRR 1.99, 95%CI 1.08-3.66, χ² = 4.85 (1)), while IPV and depression were not. Events representing HIV transmission potential, where there was biological evidence of condomless sex at a visit with a detectable plasma viral load, were observed at 2% of visits. The high prevalence of IPV and association between alcohol use and sexual risk suggest the need for monitoring and support for these conditions as part of comprehensive HIV care for women.

SUBMITTER: Blain M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7655612 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Psychosocial Factors, Condomless Sex, and Detectable Viral Load in HIV-Positive Women in Serodiscordant Couples in Nairobi, Kenya.

Blain Michela M Richardson Barbra A BA Kinuthia John J Poole Danielle N DN Jaoko Walter W Wilson Kate S KS Kaggiah Anne A Simoni Jane M JM Farquhar Carey C McClelland R Scott RS

AIDS and behavior 20201201 12

This prospective study of HIV-positive Kenyan women in serodiscordant couples examined relationships between psychosocial factors, viral suppression, and condomless sex. Participants were screened for alcohol use disorders and intimate partner violence (IPV) annually and depressive symptoms every 6 months. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) detection was used as a marker for condomless sex. A total of 151 participants contributed 349 person-years of follow-up. Hazardous/harmful alcohol use was asso ...[more]

PMID: 32394232

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Project description:IntroductionSafer conception strategies minimize HIV risk during condomless sex to become pregnant. Gaps remain in understanding the acceptability, feasibility and choices HIV-serodiscordant couples make when multiple safer conception options are available.MethodsWe conducted a pilot study of a comprehensive safer conception package for HIV-serodiscordant couples with immediate fertility desires in Kenya from March 2016 to April 2018. The intervention package included antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-positive partners, oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV-negative partners, daily fertility and sexual behaviour tracking via short message service (SMS) surveys, counselling on self-insemination, and referrals for voluntary medical male circumcision and fertility care. Couples attended monthly visits until pregnancy with HIV testing for negative partners at each visit. We estimated the number of expected HIV seroconversions using a counterfactual cohort simulated from gender-matched couples in the placebo arm of a previous PrEP clinical trial. We used bootstrap methods to compare expected and observed seroconversions.ResultsOf the 74 enrolled couples, 54% were HIV-negative female/HIV-positive male couples. The 6 and 12-month cumulative pregnancy rates were 45.3% and 61.9% respectively. In the month preceding pregnancy, 80.9% of HIV-positive partners were virally suppressed, 81.4% of HIV-negative partners were highly adherent to PrEP, and SMS surveys indicated potential timing of condomless sex to peak fertility (median of sex acts = 10, interquartile range (IQR) 7 to 12; median condomless sex acts = 3.5, IQR 1 to 7). Most (95.7%) pregnancies were protected by ≥2 strategies: 57.4% were protected by high PrEP and ART adherence, male circumcision with or without timed condomless sex; 10 (21.3%) were protected by viral suppression in the HIV-positive partner and male circumcision with or without timed condomless sex; 8 (17.0%) were protected by high PrEP adherence and male circumcision with or without timed condomless sex. We observed 0 HIV seroconversions (95% CI 0.0 to 6.0 per 100 person years), indicating a 100% reduction in HIV risk (p = 0.04).ConclusionsThe use of multiple safer conception strategies, primarily PrEP, ART, male circumcision and/or tracking fertility, was acceptable and feasible for African HIV-serodiscordant couples and significantly reduced HIV transmission risk. It is important to increase the availability of and counselling about safer conception services in regions with HIV epidemics involving heterosexual transmission and high fertility.

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Psychosocial Factors, Condomless Sex, and Detectable Viral Load in HIV-Positive Women in Serodiscordant Couples in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Psychosocial Factors, Condomless Sex, and Detectable Viral Load in HIV-Positive Women in Serodiscordant Couples in Nairobi, Kenya.

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