HIV seroincidence estimates among at-risk populations in Buenos Aires and Montevideo: use of the serologic testing algorithm for recent HIV seroconversion.

Vignoles, Moira; Avila, María Mercedes; Osimani, María Luz; de Los Angeles Pando, María; Rossi, Diana; Sheppard, Haynes; Sosa-Estani, Sergio; Benetucci, Jorge; Maulen, Sergio; Chiparelli, Héctor; Russi, José; Sánchez, José Luis; Montano, Silvia M; Martínez-Peralta, Liliana; Weissenbacher, Mercedes

Vignoles, Moira; Avila, María Mercedes; Osimani, María Luz; de Los Angeles Pando, María; Rossi, Diana; Sheppard, Haynes; Sosa-Estani, Sergio; Benetucci, Jorge; Maulen, Sergio; Chiparelli, Héctor; Russi, José; Sánchez, José Luis; Montano, Silvia M; Martínez-Peralta, Liliana; Weissenbacher, Mercedes.

Afiliação

Vignoles M; Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA (CNRS), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr ; 42(4): 494-500, 2006 Aug 01.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16810116

RESUMO

Using the serological testing algorithm for recent HIV seroconversion, we estimated annualized incidences (per 100 person-years) of HIV-1 infection in different at-risk groups in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, during a 5-year period between 1998 and 2003. HIV-positive serum samples from 9 serosurveys conducted among men who have sex with men, patients attending clinics for a sexually transmitted infections consult (STIs), female commercial sex workers, injecting drug users (IDUs), noninjecting cocaine users (NICUs), asymptomatic women screened for HIV infection, and patients with tuberculosis were used. HIV incidences were as follows: 6.7 for men who have sex with men, 2.0 for STIs, 1.3 for female commercial sex workers, 0.0 for Argentinean IDUs, 10.3 for Uruguayan IDUs, 3.1 for Argentinean NICUs, 4.4 for Uruguayan NICUs, and 2.4 for patients with tuberculosis. Among asymptomatic women screened for HIV infection, incidence rose from 0.4 in 1998 to 4.6 in 1999 and to a high of 10.2 in the year 2000. Unexpectedly, high HIV incidences were detected among at-risk groups in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. This pattern shows an emerging HIV epidemic among heterosexuals stemming from core HIV-infected at-risk groups. There is an urgent need for development and implementation of specific prevention strategies to address this burgeoning epidemic.

Assuntos

Algoritmos; Soropositividade para HIV/epidemiologia; Argentina/epidemiologia; Humanos; Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas; Incidência; Uruguai/epidemiologia

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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Algoritmos / Soropositividade para HIV Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Argentina / Uruguay Idioma: En Revista: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Assunto da revista: SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS) Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Argentina País de publicação: Estados Unidos

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