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Prioritizing communities for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: short communication

HIV prevalence is the most commonly used measure to prioritize communities for HIV prevention. We show that data on two HIV infection stages (early vs. nonearly and late vs. nonlate) allow estimation of two better measures of prevention need: HIV incidence (for prevention of HIV acquisition) and exp...

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Main Authors: Bärnighausen, Till (Author) , Tanser, Frank (Author) , Hallett, Timothy B. (Author) , Newell, Marie-Louise (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: April 26, 2010
In: Aids research and human retroviruses
Year: 2010, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 401-406
ISSN:1931-8405
DOI:10.1089/aid.2009.0236
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/aid.2009.0236
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Author Notes:Till Bärnighausen, Frank Tanser, Timothy Hallett, and Marie-Louise Newell
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Summary:HIV prevalence is the most commonly used measure to prioritize communities for HIV prevention. We show that data on two HIV infection stages (early vs. nonearly and late vs. nonlate) allow estimation of two better measures of prevention need: HIV incidence (for prevention of HIV acquisition) and expected probability of HIV transmission in unprotected sex acts between HIV-infected community members and susceptible individuals (for prevention of HIV transmission). The three ranking schemes—by prevalence, incidence, and transmission probability—lead to significantly different community rank orders. Disease stage information should be collected in HIV surveys.
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ISSN:1931-8405
DOI:10.1089/aid.2009.0236

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