Venue-Based HIV-Testing: An Effective Screening Strategy for High-Risk Populations in Lima, Peru

Herrera, M. Christina; Konda, Kelika A.; Allan-Blitz, Lao-Tzu; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Vargas Rivera, Silver Keith; Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando; Calvo, Gino M.

dc.contributor.author	Allan-Blitz, Lao-Tzu
dc.contributor.author	Herrera, M. Christina
dc.contributor.author	Calvo, Gino M.
dc.contributor.author	Vargas Rivera, Silver Keith
dc.contributor.author	Caceres Palacios, Carlos Fernando
dc.contributor.author	Klausner, Jeffrey D.
dc.contributor.author	Konda, Kelika A.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-05T15:23:24Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-05T15:23:24Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5862
dc.description.abstract	Venue-based testing may improve screening efforts for HIV and syphilis, thereby reducing transmission. We offered onsite rapid dual HIV and syphilis testing at venues popular among MSM and/or transgender women in Lima, Peru. We used Poisson regression to calculate adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) for factors associated with each infection. Most (90.4%) of the 303 participants would test more frequently if testing was available at alternative venues. New cases of HIV (69) and syphilis infection (84) were identified. HIV was associated with recent sex work (aPR 1.11; 95% CI 1.02–1.22), sex with a partner of unknown serostatus (aPR 1.18; 95% CI 1.09–1.27), exclusively receptive anal sex role (aPR 1.16; 95% CI 1.03–1.30) or versatile sex role (aPR 1.17; 95% CI 1.06–1.30) compared to insertive. Syphilis was associated with reporting role versatility (aPR = 2.69; 95% CI 1.52–5.74). Sex work venues had higher syphilis prevalence 47% versus 28% in other venues, p value = 0.012. Venue-based testing may improve case finding.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries	AIDS and Behavior
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	HIV	en_US
dc.subject	Latin America	en_US
dc.subject	MSM	en_US
dc.subject	Transgender women	en_US
dc.subject	Syphilis	en_US
dc.title	Venue-Based HIV-Testing: An Effective Screening Strategy for High-Risk Populations in Lima, Peru	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2342-8
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.12
dc.relation.issn	1573-3254