2024-03-28T23:59:25Zhttp://repisalud.isciii.es/oai/requestoai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/90002024-02-01T12:40:01Zcom_20.500.12105_2053com_20.500.12105_2052com_20.500.12105_2051com_20.500.12105_2088col_20.500.12105_2054col_20.500.12105_2089
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Belza Egozcue, Maria Jose
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Hoyos, Juan
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Fernandez-Balbuena, Sonia
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Diaz Franco, Asuncion
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Bravo, Maria Jose
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Fuente, Luis de la
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2015-04-09
We assess the added value of a multisite, street-based HIV rapid testing programme by comparing its results to pre-existing services and assessing its potential to reduce ongoing transmission. Between 2008 and 2011, 8,923 individuals underwent testing. We compare outcomes with those of a network of 20 sexually transmitted infections (STI)/HIV clinics (EPI-VIH) and the Spanish National HIV Surveillance System (SNHSS); evaluate whether good visibility prompts testing and assess whether it reaches under-tested populations. 89.2% of the new infections were in men who have sex with men (MSM) vs 78.0% in EPI-VIH and 56.0% in SNHSS. 83.6% of the MSM were linked to care and 20.9% had <350 CD4 HIV prevalence was substantially lower than in EPI-VIH. 56.5% of the HIV-positive MSM tested because they happened to see the programme, 18.4% were previously untested and 26.3% had their last test ≥2 years ago. The programme provided linkage to care and early diagnosis mainly to MSM but attendees presented a lower HIV prevalence than EPI-VIH. From a cost perspective it would benefit from being implemented in locations highly frequented by MSM. Conversely, its good visibility led to reduced periods of undiagnosed infection in a high proportion of MSM who were not testing with the recommended frequency.
Euro Surveill. 2015 Apr 9;20(14). pii: 21089.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/9000
25884149
10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.14.21089
1560-7917
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Assessment of an outreach street-based HIV rapid testing programme as a strategy to promote early diagnosis: a comparison with two surveillance systems in Spain, 2008-2011