Estimating HIV-1 incidence using the serologic testing algorithm for recent HIV infections at HIV counseling and testing centers in the city of São Paulo, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Bassichetto, Katia Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Bergamaschi, Denise Pimentel, Veras, Maria Amelia, Sucupira, Maria Cecília Araripe [UNIFESP], Mesquita, Fabio, Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• dARK ID: ark:/48912/0013000006chh
• DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702009000100004
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-86702009000100004; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4869
• topic: HIV-1; HIV infections; HIV seroprevalence; seroepidemiologic studies

The network of HIV counseling and testing centers in São Paulo, Brazil is a major source of data used to build epidemiological profiles of the client population. We examined HIV-1 incidence from November 2000 to April 2001, comparing epidemiological and socio-behavioral data of recently-infected individuals with those with long-standing infection. A less sensitive ELISA was employed to identify recent infection. The overall incidence of HIV-1 infection was 0.53/100/year (95% CI: 0.31-0.85/100/year): 0.77/100/year for males (95% CI: 0.42-1.27/100/year) and 0.22/100/ year (95% CI: 0.05-0.59/100/year) for females. Overall HIV-1 prevalence was 3.2% (95% CI: 2.8-3.7%), being 4.0% among males (95% CI: 3.3-4.7%) and 2.1% among females (95% CI: 1.6-2.8%). Recent infections accounted for 15% of the total (95% CI: 10.2-20.8%). Recent infection correlated with being younger and male (p = 0.019). Therefore, recent infection was more common among younger males and older females.