Community-based HIV Self-testing for Persons Who Use Drugs Can Contribute to Reaching Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US (EHE) Goals

Community-based HIV Self-testing for Persons Who Use Drugs Can Contribute to Reaching Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US (EHE) Goals

In a pilot study providing HIV self-testing to persons who use drugs (N = 40), we identified 3 new HIV cases when partnering with a community-based organization. Most (82%) participants were interested in preexposure prophylaxis. HIV self-testing could contribute to efforts to Ending the HIV Epidemi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Open forum infectious diseases 2024-06, Vol.11 (6), p.ofae189
Hauptverfasser: Assoumou, Sabrina A, Bonilla, Haley V, Ruiz-Mercado, Glorimar, Von Lossnitzer, Meg, Baker, Richard, Crawford, Natalie D, Bernstein, Judith A
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Sprache:eng
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Infectious Diseases in Special Populations
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Zusammenfassung:In a pilot study providing HIV self-testing to persons who use drugs (N = 40), we identified 3 new HIV cases when partnering with a community-based organization. Most (82%) participants were interested in preexposure prophylaxis. HIV self-testing could contribute to efforts to Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States. NCT05528562.
ISSN:2328-8957
2328-8957
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofae189