Estimating the potential to prevent locally acquired HIV infections in a UNAIDS Fast-Track City, Amsterdam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than 300 cities including the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands have joined the UNAIDS Fast-Track Cities initiative, committing to accelerate their HIV response and end the AIDS epidemic in cities by 2030. To support this commitment, we aimed to estimate the number and proportion of Amsterdam HIV infections that originated within the city, from Amsterdam residents. We also aimed to estimate the proportion of recent HIV infections during the 5-year period 2014-2018 in Amsterdam that remained undiagnosed.

Methods

We located diagnosed HIV infections in Amsterdam using postcode data (PC4) at time of registration in the ATHENA observational HIV cohort, and used HIV sequence data to reconstruct phylogeographically distinct, partially observed Amsterdam transmiss

SUBMITTER: Blenkinsop A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545569 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature