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ABSTRACT: Background
The impact of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) depends on infections averted by protecting vulnerable individuals as well as infections averted by preventing transmission by those who would have been infected if not receiving PrEP. Analysis of HIV phylogenies reveals risk factors for transmission, which we examine as potential criteria for allocating PrEP.Methods
We analyzed 6912 HIV-1 partial pol sequences from men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United Kingdom combined with global reference sequences and patient-level metadata. Population genetic models were developed that adjust for stage of infection, global migration of HIV lineages, and changing incidence of infection through time. Models were extended to simulate the effects of providing susceptible MSM with PrEP.Results
We found that young age <25 years confers higher risk of HIV transmission (relative risk = 2.52 [95% confidence interval, 2.32-2.73]) and that young MSM are more likely to transmit to one another than expected by chance. Simulated interventions indicate that 4-fold more infections can be averted over 5 years by focusing PrEP on young MSM.Conclusions
Concentrating PrEP doses on young individuals can avert more infections than random allocation.
SUBMITTER: Volz EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5913615 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Volz Erik M EM Le Vu Stephane S Ratmann Oliver O Tostevin Anna A Dunn David D Orkin Chloe C O'Shea Siobhan S Delpech Valerie V Brown Alison A Gill Noel N Fraser Christophe C
The Journal of infectious diseases 20180401 10
<h4>Background</h4>The impact of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) depends on infections averted by protecting vulnerable individuals as well as infections averted by preventing transmission by those who would have been infected if not receiving PrEP. Analysis of HIV phylogenies reveals risk factors for transmission, which we examine as potential criteria for allocating PrEP.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed 6912 HIV-1 partial pol sequences from men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United Kingdom ...[more]