Go Where the Virus Is: An HIV Micro-epidemic Control Approach to Stop HIV Transmission

Michael M Cassell; Rose Wilcher; Reshmie A Ramautarsing; Nittaya Phanuphak; Timothy D Mastro

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00418

Go Where the Virus Is: An HIV Micro-epidemic Control Approach to Stop HIV Transmission

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020 Dec 23;8(4):614-625. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00418. Print 2020 Dec 23.

Authors

Michael M Cassell¹, Rose Wilcher², Reshmie A Ramautarsing³, Nittaya Phanuphak^{3

4}, Timothy D Mastro²

Affiliations

¹ FHI 360, Hanoi, Vietnam. mcassell@fhi360.org.
² FHI 360, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁴ Center of Excellence in Transgender Health, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Abstract

Essentially all HIV transmission is from people living with HIV who are not virally suppressed. An HIV micro-epidemic control approach that differentiates treatment support and prevention services for people living with HIV and their network members according to viral burden could optimize the impact of epidemic control efforts.

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* / epidemiology
Epidemics* / prevention & control
HIV Infections* / epidemiology
HIV Infections* / prevention & control
Humans