Open AccessDiscriminating Between Premigration and Postmigration HIV Acquisition Using Surveillance Data
Author(s) -
Nikos Pantazis,
Magdalena Rosińska,
Ard van Sighem,
Chantal Quinten,
Teymur Noori,
Fiona Burns,
Helena Cortes Martins,
Peter Kirwan,
Kate O’Donnell,
Dimitrios Paraskevis,
Cécile Sommen,
Dominik Zenner,
Anastasia Pharris
Publication year - 2021
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.0000000000002745
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , cohort , european union , public health , psychological intervention , demography , missing data , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , computer science , family medicine , machine learning , pathology , psychiatry , sociology , physics , optics , business , economic policy
Migrant populations are overrepresented among persons diagnosed with HIV in the European Union and the European Economic Area. Understanding the timing of HIV acquisition (premigration or postmigration) is crucial for developing public health interventions and for producing reliable estimates of HIV incidence and the number of people living with undiagnosed HIV infection. We summarize a recently proposed method for determining the timing of HIV acquisition and apply it to both real and simulated data.