HIV Rapid Testing Programs in Non-Clinical Settings have the Potential to Constitute a Major Diagnostic Option for MSM in Spain

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• 作者：Sonia Fernández Balbuena ; Juan Hoyos ; María José Belza ; Ferran Pujol…
• 关键词：HIV infection ; Diagnosis ; Public health ; Epidemiology
• 刊名：AIDS and Behavior
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：21
• 期：2
• 页码：525-533
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Psychology; Infectious Diseases;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-3254
• 卷排序：21

文摘

We analyze the impact of HIV rapid testing (RT) programs in non-clinical settings (NCS) by evaluating their contribution to new diagnoses reported to the Spanish HIV Surveillance System (SINIVIH) from 2007 to 2012. We estimate the proportion of new diagnoses reported to SINIVIH attributable to them and the maximum annual contribution (MAC). Of 95.575 rapid tests conducted, 2061 were reactive; 1582 in men who have sex with men (MSM). The contribution of RT in NCS increased from 3.4% in 2007 to 11.0% in 2012 (8.1%–16.6% in MSM). RT programs contributed 25.3% of the new diagnoses reported in Catalonia (MAC:30.6%), 15% in the Canary Islands (MAC:16.2%) and 13.7% in the Basque Country (MAC:21.0%). Among MSM, contribution was of 45.2% in Catalonia (MAC:60.7%), 20.2% in the Canary Islands (MAC:21.3%) and 16.6% in the Basque country (MAC:20.9%). Especially among MSM, RT in NCS contributed a large proportion of the new HIV cases diagnosed in regions with a very high HIV incidence.