Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection

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Pando, Maria de Los Angeles; Coloccini, Romina Soledad; Schvachsa, N.; Pippo, M.; Alfie, L. G.; Marone, R.; Gómez Carrillo, Manuel; Avila, Maria Mercedes; Salomon, Horacio Eduardo
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2012
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Background: In Argentina, HIV diagnosis in adults is made using one or two enzyme immunoassay tests and a confirmatory test. These strategies may fail to identify infected individuals during early primary infection, which represents an important public health problem among groups with a high HIV incidence, such as men who have sex with men (MSM) (6.3% persons/year). The general objective of this study was to contribute to reducing HIV transmission among MSM through the identification of antibody-negative, nucleic acid-positive individuals. Findings: A total of 1549 MSM were recruited for an HIV seroprevalence study. A total of 161 (10.4%) MSM were HIV-positive and 14 (0.9%) were indeterminate. Among the 1374 negative individuals, 16 (1.2%) exhibited reactive results in the screening assay. Indeterminate Western blot (WB) samples and negative WB samples (with discordant results in the screening) were analysed to detect HIV nucleic acid by viral load testing. Up to 23.1% of HIV-indeterminate WB samples and 7.1% of HIV-negative WB samples with discordant results in the screening assays had detectable nucleic acid. Overall, 14.8% of the samples with discordant or indeterminate results were identified as HIV-positive using direct diagnosis. With the identification of four new cases using the nucleic acid detection test, the HIV prevalence in MSM increased by 0.3% (from 10.4 to 10.7%). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest the importance of including nucleic acid detection in the HIV algorithm for MSM with HIV-indeterminate WB results and those with HIV-negative WB results and discordant results in screening assays, in order to decrease HIV transmission among this population with a high HIV prevalence and incidence.
Fil: Pando, Maria de Los Angeles. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
Fil: Coloccini, Romina Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
Fil: Schvachsa, N.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina
Fil: Pippo, M.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina
Fil: Alfie, L. G.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina
Fil: Marone, R.. Nexo Asociación Civil; Argentina
Fil: Gómez Carrillo, Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
Fil: Avila, Maria Mercedes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
Fil: Salomon, Horacio Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
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spelling Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infectionPando, Maria de Los AngelesColoccini, Romina SoledadSchvachsa, N.Pippo, M.Alfie, L. G.Marone, R.Gómez Carrillo, ManuelAvila, Maria MercedesSalomon, Horacio EduardoArgentinaHiv DiagnosisMen Who Have Sex with Menhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3Background: In Argentina, HIV diagnosis in adults is made using one or two enzyme immunoassay tests and a confirmatory test. These strategies may fail to identify infected individuals during early primary infection, which represents an important public health problem among groups with a high HIV incidence, such as men who have sex with men (MSM) (6.3% persons/year). The general objective of this study was to contribute to reducing HIV transmission among MSM through the identification of antibody-negative, nucleic acid-positive individuals. Findings: A total of 1549 MSM were recruited for an HIV seroprevalence study. A total of 161 (10.4%) MSM were HIV-positive and 14 (0.9%) were indeterminate. Among the 1374 negative individuals, 16 (1.2%) exhibited reactive results in the screening assay. Indeterminate Western blot (WB) samples and negative WB samples (with discordant results in the screening) were analysed to detect HIV nucleic acid by viral load testing. Up to 23.1% of HIV-indeterminate WB samples and 7.1% of HIV-negative WB samples with discordant results in the screening assays had detectable nucleic acid. Overall, 14.8% of the samples with discordant or indeterminate results were identified as HIV-positive using direct diagnosis. With the identification of four new cases using the nucleic acid detection test, the HIV prevalence in MSM increased by 0.3% (from 10.4 to 10.7%). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest the importance of including nucleic acid detection in the HIV algorithm for MSM with HIV-indeterminate WB results and those with HIV-negative WB results and discordant results in screening assays, in order to decrease HIV transmission among this population with a high HIV prevalence and incidence.Fil: Pando, Maria de Los Angeles. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; ArgentinaFil: Coloccini, Romina Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; ArgentinaFil: Schvachsa, N.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; ArgentinaFil: Pippo, M.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; ArgentinaFil: Alfie, L. G.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; ArgentinaFil: Marone, R.. Nexo Asociación Civil; ArgentinaFil: Gómez Carrillo, Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; ArgentinaFil: Avila, Maria Mercedes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; ArgentinaFil: Salomon, Horacio Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; ArgentinaWiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc2012-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/16270Pando, Maria de Los Angeles; Coloccini, Romina Soledad; Schvachsa, N.; Pippo, M.; Alfie, L. G.; et al.; Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Hiv Medicine; 13; 9; 3-2012; 564-5671464-2662enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1468-1293.2012.01011.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-1293.2012.01011.x/abstractinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:09:41Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/16270instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:09:41.667CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection
title Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection
spellingShingle Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection
Pando, Maria de Los Angeles
Argentina
Hiv Diagnosis
Men Who Have Sex with Men
title_short Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection
title_full Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection
title_fullStr Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection
title_full_unstemmed Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection
title_sort Improved strategies for HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a population with a high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pando, Maria de Los Angeles
Coloccini, Romina Soledad
Schvachsa, N.
Pippo, M.
Alfie, L. G.
Marone, R.
Gómez Carrillo, Manuel
Avila, Maria Mercedes
Salomon, Horacio Eduardo
author Pando, Maria de Los Angeles
author_facet Pando, Maria de Los Angeles
Coloccini, Romina Soledad
Schvachsa, N.
Pippo, M.
Alfie, L. G.
Marone, R.
Gómez Carrillo, Manuel
Avila, Maria Mercedes
Salomon, Horacio Eduardo
author_role author
author2 Coloccini, Romina Soledad
Schvachsa, N.
Pippo, M.
Alfie, L. G.
Marone, R.
Gómez Carrillo, Manuel
Avila, Maria Mercedes
Salomon, Horacio Eduardo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Argentina
Hiv Diagnosis
Men Who Have Sex with Men
topic Argentina
Hiv Diagnosis
Men Who Have Sex with Men
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Background: In Argentina, HIV diagnosis in adults is made using one or two enzyme immunoassay tests and a confirmatory test. These strategies may fail to identify infected individuals during early primary infection, which represents an important public health problem among groups with a high HIV incidence, such as men who have sex with men (MSM) (6.3% persons/year). The general objective of this study was to contribute to reducing HIV transmission among MSM through the identification of antibody-negative, nucleic acid-positive individuals. Findings: A total of 1549 MSM were recruited for an HIV seroprevalence study. A total of 161 (10.4%) MSM were HIV-positive and 14 (0.9%) were indeterminate. Among the 1374 negative individuals, 16 (1.2%) exhibited reactive results in the screening assay. Indeterminate Western blot (WB) samples and negative WB samples (with discordant results in the screening) were analysed to detect HIV nucleic acid by viral load testing. Up to 23.1% of HIV-indeterminate WB samples and 7.1% of HIV-negative WB samples with discordant results in the screening assays had detectable nucleic acid. Overall, 14.8% of the samples with discordant or indeterminate results were identified as HIV-positive using direct diagnosis. With the identification of four new cases using the nucleic acid detection test, the HIV prevalence in MSM increased by 0.3% (from 10.4 to 10.7%). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest the importance of including nucleic acid detection in the HIV algorithm for MSM with HIV-indeterminate WB results and those with HIV-negative WB results and discordant results in screening assays, in order to decrease HIV transmission among this population with a high HIV prevalence and incidence.
Fil: Pando, Maria de Los Angeles. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
Fil: Coloccini, Romina Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
Fil: Schvachsa, N.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina
Fil: Pippo, M.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina
Fil: Alfie, L. G.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina
Fil: Marone, R.. Nexo Asociación Civil; Argentina
Fil: Gómez Carrillo, Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
Fil: Avila, Maria Mercedes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
Fil: Salomon, Horacio Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; Argentina
description Background: In Argentina, HIV diagnosis in adults is made using one or two enzyme immunoassay tests and a confirmatory test. These strategies may fail to identify infected individuals during early primary infection, which represents an important public health problem among groups with a high HIV incidence, such as men who have sex with men (MSM) (6.3% persons/year). The general objective of this study was to contribute to reducing HIV transmission among MSM through the identification of antibody-negative, nucleic acid-positive individuals. Findings: A total of 1549 MSM were recruited for an HIV seroprevalence study. A total of 161 (10.4%) MSM were HIV-positive and 14 (0.9%) were indeterminate. Among the 1374 negative individuals, 16 (1.2%) exhibited reactive results in the screening assay. Indeterminate Western blot (WB) samples and negative WB samples (with discordant results in the screening) were analysed to detect HIV nucleic acid by viral load testing. Up to 23.1% of HIV-indeterminate WB samples and 7.1% of HIV-negative WB samples with discordant results in the screening assays had detectable nucleic acid. Overall, 14.8% of the samples with discordant or indeterminate results were identified as HIV-positive using direct diagnosis. With the identification of four new cases using the nucleic acid detection test, the HIV prevalence in MSM increased by 0.3% (from 10.4 to 10.7%). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest the importance of including nucleic acid detection in the HIV algorithm for MSM with HIV-indeterminate WB results and those with HIV-negative WB results and discordant results in screening assays, in order to decrease HIV transmission among this population with a high HIV prevalence and incidence.
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