Characterising persons diagnosed with HIV as either recent or long-term using a cross-sectional analysis of recent infection surveillance data collected in Malawi from September 2019 to March 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In Malawi, a recent infection testing algorithm (RITA) is used to characterise infections of persons newly diagnosed with HIV as recent or long term. This paper shares results from recent HIV infection surveillance and describes distribution and predictors.

Setting

Data from 155 health facilities in 11 districts in Malawi were pooled from September 2019 to March 2020.

Participants

Eligible participants were ≥13 years, and newly diagnosed with HIV. Clients had RITA recent infections if the rapid test for recent infection (RTRI) test result was recent and viral load (VL) ≥1000 copies/mL; if VL was <1000 copies/mL the RTRI result was reclassified as long-term. Results were stratified by age, sex, pregnancy/breastfeeding status and district.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Msukwa MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9511604 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature