通过U=U消息传递改善南非男性的艾滋病毒检测,联系和护理:为两个顺序混合型1型有效性实施随机对照试验的研究方案
Andrew Medina-Marino1, Nkosiyapha Sibanda1, Mary Putt2
1Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town.
Research square
|October 27, 2023
概括
这项研究评估了"不可检测=不可传播" (U=U) 信息,以改善南非cis-gender异性恋男性的HIV检测和治疗. 这些发现可能会为艾滋病毒感染者制定全球艾滋病毒指南.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究研究
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 与女性相比,与艾滋病毒感染的异性恋男性 (PLHIV) 的艾滋病毒检测,治疗开始和病毒抑制率较低,特别是在南非.
- "不可检测=不可传播" (U=U) 信息对艾滋病疫情控制至关重要,在撒哈拉以南非洲地区的传播范围有限,很少有研究评估其对男性治疗坚持的影响.
- 对于包含U=U信息的干预措施进行严格的评估至关重要,特别是对于艾滋病毒流行率高的男性来说.
结论:
- 这些试验代表了U=U消息对艾滋病毒检测,ART启动和非洲男性病毒抑制的影响的首次严格评估.
- 成功的U=U信息传递干预有潜力影响全球HIV检测,治疗和坚持辅导的指导方针.
- 预计这些发现将通过改善艾滋病毒感染男性的结果,为实现全球艾滋病流行病控制做出重大贡献.
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