New paper (Onwubiko): Optimizing HIV Partner Services among MSM Living with HIV
New paper led by Udodirim Onwubiko in Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Optimizing HIV Partner Services for Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Previously Diagnosed with HIV: A Modeling Study. Stochastic network models of HIV and bacterial sexually transmitted infection transmission in Atlanta tested two extensions of HIV partner services (HIV-PS). Expanding partner elicitation to partners of HIV-positive partners had minimal effect on HIV incidence, whereas adding people with previously diagnosed HIV who were out of care increased index-case and partner pools 10-fold. Prioritizing antiretroviral therapy (ART) reengagement for that group alongside optimized HIV-PS averted up to 63% of HIV infections relative to the base scenario in the model.
