Open AccessEffect of Racial Inequities in Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use on Racial Disparities in HIV Incidence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Modeling Study
Author(s) -
William C. Goedel,
Maximilian R F King,
Mark N. Lurie,
Amy Nunn,
Philip A. Chan,
Brandon D.L. Marshall
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001817
Subject(s) - demography , pre exposure prophylaxis , men who have sex with men , incidence (geometry) , medicine , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , immunology , syphilis , mathematics , sociology , geometry
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake has been slow among African American men who have sex with men (AAMSM) in the United States. We used an agent-based model (ABM) to simulate race-specific PrEP coverage to estimate their impact on racial disparities in HIV incidence among MSM in Atlanta, GA.