2019
Effect of Universal Testing and Treatment on HIV Incidence — HPTN 071 (PopART)
Hayes RJ, Donnell D, Floyd S, Mandla N, Bwalya J, Sabapathy K, Yang B, Phiri M, Schaap A, Eshleman SH, Piwowar-Manning E, Kosloff B, James A, Skalland T, Wilson E, Emel L, Macleod D, Dunbar R, Simwinga M, Makola N, Bond V, Hoddinott G, Moore A, Griffith S, Deshmane Sista N, Vermund SH, El-Sadr W, Burns DN, Hargreaves JR, Hauck K, Fraser C, Shanaube K, Bock P, Beyers N, Ayles H, Fidler S. Effect of Universal Testing and Treatment on HIV Incidence — HPTN 071 (PopART). New England Journal Of Medicine 2019, 381: 207-218. PMID: 31314965, PMCID: PMC6587177, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1814556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-positive participantsViral suppressionHIV infectionGroup BGroup AGroup CMonth 12Universal testingPrevention interventionsPopulation cohortHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHome-based HIV testingBaseline HIV prevalenceCombination prevention interventionsImmunodeficiency virus infectionHIV-positive adultsPopulation-level incidenceNew HIV infectionsAdjusted rate ratiosCommunity-randomized trialLack of effectHIV carePrevious trial resultsStandard careART adherence
2013
Can Combination Prevention Strategies Reduce HIV Transmission in Generalized Epidemic Settings in Africa? The HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Plan in South Africa and Zambia
Vermund SH, Fidler SJ, Ayles H, Beyers N, Hayes RJ. Can Combination Prevention Strategies Reduce HIV Transmission in Generalized Epidemic Settings in Africa? The HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Plan in South Africa and Zambia. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2013, 63: s221-s227. PMID: 23764639, PMCID: PMC3739051, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318299c3f4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV Prevention Trials NetworkHPTN 071 (PopART) studyHPTN 071HIV incidenceHIV transmissionHome-based HIV testingVoluntary medical male circumcisionGeneralized epidemic settingsLinkage of HIVUniversal antiretroviral therapyChild HIV transmissionPrevention of motherHIV viral loadCommunity health workersMedical male circumcisionCommunity-randomized trialIntervention strategiesCombination prevention strategiesAntiretroviral therapyHIV acquisitionSeropositive personsTuberculosis servicesHIV testingViral loadTuberculosis transmission