Index and targeted community-based testing to optimize HIV case finding and ART linkage among men in Zambia.

Linah K MwangoKristen Alyce Stafford Natalia C Blanco Marie-Claude C LavoieMorley MujansiNasho NyirongoKalima TemboHenry SakalaJulian ChipukumaBeauty PhiriCarol NzangwaSusan MwandilaKennedy C NkwemuAhmed SaadaniAnnie MwilaMichael E Herce Cassidy Wayne Claassen

Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)

Index testing and targeted community-based HTS are effective strategies to identify men living with HIV in Zambia. Index testing results in higher yield, but lower linkage and fewer absolute men identified compared to targeted community-based HTS.

Keyphrases

hiv testing
cancer therapy
antiretroviral therapy
middle aged
hiv infected
men who have sex with men
genome wide
hiv positive
human immunodeficiency virus
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
dna methylation