Brief Report : Self-Reported HIV-Positive Status but Subsequent HIV-Negative Test Results in Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Survey Participants-11 Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2015-2018

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BACKGROUND: HIV testing is a critical step to accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) because early diagnosis can facilitate earlier initiation of ART. This study presents aggregated data of individuals who self-reported being HIV-positive but subsequently tested HIV-negative during nationally representative Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment surveys conducted in 11 countries from 2015 to 2018.

METHOD: Survey participants aged 15 years or older were interviewed by trained personnel using a standard questionnaire to determine HIV testing history and self-reported HIV status. Home-based HIV testing and counseling using rapid diagnostic tests with return of results were performed by survey staff according to the respective national HIV testing services algorithms on venous blood samples. Laboratory-based confirmatory HIV testing for all participants identified as HIV-positives and self-reported positives, irrespective of HIV testing results, was conducted and included Geenius HIV-1/2 and DNA polymerase chain reaction if Geenius was negative or indeterminate.

RESULTS: Of the 16,630 participants who self-reported as HIV-positive, 16,432 (98.6%) were confirmed as HIV-positive and 198 (1.4%) were HIV-negative by subsequent laboratory-based testing. Participants who self-reported as HIV-positive but tested HIV-negative were significantly younger than 30 years, less likely to have received ART, and less likely to have received a CD4 test compared with participants who self-reported as HIV-positive with laboratory-confirmed infection.

CONCLUSIONS: A small proportion of self-reported HIV-positive individuals could not be confirmed as positive, which could be due to initial misdiagnosis, deliberate wrong self-report, or misunderstanding of the questionnaire. As universal ART access is expanding, it is increasingly important to ensure quality of HIV testing and confirmation of HIV diagnosis before ART initiation.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:95

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Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 95(2024), 4 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 313-317

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Englisch

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Logan, Naeemah Z [VerfasserIn]
Kilmarx, Peter H [VerfasserIn]
Rolle, Italia [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Hetal K [VerfasserIn]
Duong, Yen T [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Kiwon [VerfasserIn]
Shang, Judith D [VerfasserIn]
Bodika, Stephane [VerfasserIn]
Koui, Isabelle T [VerfasserIn]
Balachandra, Shirish [VerfasserIn]
Li, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Kristin [VerfasserIn]
Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Harriet [VerfasserIn]
Getaneh, Yimam [VerfasserIn]
Lulseged, Sileshi [VerfasserIn]
Haile, Ashenafi [VerfasserIn]
West, Christine A [VerfasserIn]
Mengistu, Yohannes [VerfasserIn]
McCracken, Stephen D [VerfasserIn]
Kalua, Thokozania [VerfasserIn]
Jahn, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Evelyn [VerfasserIn]
Wadonda-Kabondo, Nellie [VerfasserIn]
Jonnalagadda, Sasi [VerfasserIn]
Hamunime, Ndapewa [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Daniel B [VerfasserIn]
McOllogi Juma, James [VerfasserIn]
Mgomella, George S [VerfasserIn]
Mdodo, Rennatus [VerfasserIn]
Kirungi, Wilford L [VerfasserIn]
Mugisha, Veronicah [VerfasserIn]
Ndongmo, Clement B [VerfasserIn]
Nkwemu, Kennedy Chibeta [VerfasserIn]
Mugurungi, Owen [VerfasserIn]
Rogers, John H [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Suzue [VerfasserIn]
Stupp, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Justman, Jessica E [VerfasserIn]
Voetsch, Andrew C [VerfasserIn]
Parekh, Bharat S [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 29.02.2024

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1097/QAI.0000000000003363

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NLM369020022