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HIV care continuum outcomes among recently diagnosed people with HIV (PWH) in Washington, DC

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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 151, Issue -, Pages -

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268823000043

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AIDS; ART initiation; care continuum; cohort; HIV; late diagnosis; retention in care; test and treat; viral suppression

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The Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative aims to decrease new HIV infections and promote test-and-treat strategies. We conducted a study in Washington, DC, to establish a baseline of HIV outcomes among newly diagnosed individuals and identify factors associated with retention in care, antiretroviral therapy initiation, and viral suppression. Our findings demonstrated high rates of retention, ART initiation, and viral suppression among newly diagnosed individuals in DC. AIDS diagnosis was significantly associated with these outcomes. This analysis contributes to our understanding of HIV treatment dynamics in a city with a severe HIV epidemic.
The Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative aims to decrease new HIV infections and promote test-and-treat strategies. Our aims were to establish a baseline of HIV outcomes among newly diagnosed PWH in Washington, DC (DC), a 'hotspot' for the HIV epidemic. We also examined sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with retention in care (RIC), antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and viral suppression (VS) among newly diagnosed PWH in the DC Cohort from 2011-2016. Among 455 newly diagnosed participants, 92% were RIC at 12 months, ART was initiated in 65% at 3 months and 91% at 12 months, VS in at least 17% at 3 months and 82% at 12 months and 55% of those with VS at 12 months had sustained VS for an additional 12 months. AIDS diagnosis was associated with RIC (aOR 2.99; 1.13-2.28), ART initiation by 3 months (aOR 2.58; 1.61-4.12) and VS by 12 months (aOR4.87; 1.69-14.03). This analysis contributes to our understanding of the HIV treatment dynamics of persons with recently diagnosed HIV infection in a city with a severe HIV epidemic.

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