HIV Viral Suppression and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in HIV and Syphilis Contact Tracing Networks: An Analysis of Disease Surveillance and Prescription Claims Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV and syphilis contact tracing networks offer efficient platforms for HIV treatment and prevention interventions, but intervention coverage within these networks has not been characterized.

Setting

HIV and syphilis sexual contact tracing networks among men who have sex with men (MSM) in North Carolina (NC).

Methods

Using surveillance data, we identified 2 types of "network events" that occurred between January 2013 and June 2017 among MSM in NC: being diagnosed with early syphilis or being named as a recent sexual contact of a person diagnosed with HIV or early syphilis. We estimated prevalent and incident HIV viral suppression among persons diagnosed with HIV before the network event, and we assessed the effect of contact tracing services on a 6-month cu

SUBMITTER: Billock RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8434960 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature