Direct and indirect estimates of HIV-1 incidence in a high prevalence population
Am J Epidemiol
; 147(9): 834-9, May 1, 1998.
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JM3.1
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ABSTRACT
While the worldwide AIDS epidemic continues to expand, directly measured incidence data are difficult to obtain. Methods to reliably estimate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) incidence from more easily available data are particularly relevant in those parts of the world where prevalence is rising in heterosexually exposed populations. The authors set out to estimate HIV-1 incidence in a population of heterosexual sexually transmitted disease clinic attended in Trinidad who had a known high prevalence of HIV-1 subtype B. Over the period 1987-1995, HIV-1 incidence estimates from serial cross-sectional studies of HIV-1 prevalence, passive follow-up of clinic recidivists, modeling of early markers of HIV-1 infection (p24 antigen screening), and a cohort study of seronegative genital ulcer disease cases were compared. Measuring incidence density in the genital ulcer disease cases directly gave the highest estimate, 6.9 percent per annum. Screening for the detection of early HIV-1 markers yielded an incidence of 5.0 percent per annum, while estimating incidence from serial cross-sectional prevalence data and clinic recidivists gave estimates of 3.5 percent and 4.5 percent per annum, respectively. These results were found to be internally consistent. Indirect estimates of incidence based on prevalence data can give accurate surrogates of true incidence. Within limitations, even crude measures of incidence are robust enough for health planning and evaluation purposes. For planning vaccine efficacy trails, consistent conservative estimates may be used to evaluate population before targeting them to cohort studies(AU)
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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HIV-1
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article