Trial reportSexually transmitted diseases2018
Sustained Sexual Behavior Change After Acute HIV Diagnosis in Malawi.
Trial report in Sexually transmitted diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Transmission Among Persons With Acute HIV-1 Infection in Malawi: Demographic, Behavioral, and Phylogenetic Relationships.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2019Trial
- High rates of transmitted NNRTI resistance among persons with acute HIV infection in Malawi: implications for first-line dolutegravir scale-up.AIDS research and therapy · 2019Trial
- Burden and risk factors of sexually transmitted infections before and after HIV diagnosis in a Finnish national HIV cohort, 1995-2019.Epidemiology and infection · 2026Article
- Geospatial and phylogenetic clustering of acute and recent HIV infections in Lilongwe, Malawi.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Depression, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Behaviors by HIV Infection Stage and Diagnosis Timing Among STI Clinic Patients in Lilongwe, Malawi.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Evidence and gap map report: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for strengthening HIV prevention and research among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- HIV Testing by Public Health Centers and Municipalities and New HIV Cases During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2021Article
- Social and behavioural research prospects for sexually transmissible infection prevention in the era of advances in biomedical approaches.Sexual health · 2020Article
- Characteristics and Sexual Risk Behavior of Men Who Never Tested for HIV in Zambia.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIdentification of acute HIV infection (AHI) allows for important opportunities for HIV prevention through behavior change and biomedical intervention. Here, we evaluate changes in sexual risk behaviors among persons with AHI enrolled in a combined behavioral and biomedical intervention designed to reduce onward transmission of HIV.
methodsParticipants were randomized to standard HIV counseling, a multisession behavioral intervention, or a multisession behavioral intervention plus antiretrovirals. Sexual behaviors were assessed periodically over 1 year.
resultsFour weeks after diagnosis, the predicted probability of reporting multiple sexual partners decreased from 24% to 9%, and the probability of reporting unprotected sex decreased from 71% to 27%. These declines in sexual risk behaviors were sustained over follow-up irrespective of study arm.
conclusionsDiagnosis of AHI alone may be sufficient to achieve immediate and sustained behavior change during this highly infectious period.
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