The Role of HIV Partner Services in the Modern Biomedical HIV Prevention Era: A Network Modeling Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV partner services can accelerate the use of antiretroviral-based HIV prevention tools (antiretroviral therapy [ART] and preexposure prophylaxis [PrEP]), but its population impact on long-term HIV incidence reduction is challenging to quantify with traditional partner services metrics of partner identified or HIV screened. Understanding the role of partner services within the portfolio of HIV prevention interventions, including using it to efficiently deliver antiretrovirals, is needed to achieve HIV prevention targets.

Methods

We used a stochastic network model of HIV/sexually transmitted infection transmission for men who have sex with men, calibrated to surveillance-based estimates in the Atlanta area, a jurisdiction with high HIV burden and suboptimal partne

SUBMITTER: Jenness SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668377 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature