Cross-sectional estimates revealed high HIV incidence in Botswana rural communities in the era of successful ART scale-up in 2013-2015.

Sikhulile MoyoSimani GaseitsiweTerence MohammedMolly Pretorius HolmeRui WangKenanao Peggy KotokweCorretah BoleoLucy MupfumiEtienne Kadima YankindaUnoda ChakalisaErik van WidenfeltTendani GaolatheMompati O MmalaneScott Dryden-PetersonMadisa MineRefeletswe LebelonyaneKara BennettJean LeidnerKathleen E WirthEric Tchetgen TchetgenKathleen PowisJanet MooreWilliam A ClarkeShahin LockmanJoseph M MakhemaMax EssexVlad Novitsky

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Using a cross-sectional estimate of HIV incidence from 2013-2015, we found that at the time of near achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, ~1% of adults (age 16-64 years) in Botswana's rural and peri-urban communities became HIV infected annually.

Keyphrases

hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv positive
cross sectional
south africa
hiv aids
risk factors
hiv testing