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ArticleInternational journal of STD & AIDS2021

Comparison of cohort characteristics in Central Africa International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS and Demographic Health Surveys: Rwanda and Burundi.

Anna Mageras, Ellen Brazier, Théodore Niyongabo, Gad Murenzi, Jean D'Amour Sinayobye, Adebola A Adedimeji, Christella Twizere, Elizabeth A Kelvin, Kathryn Anastos, Denis Nash and 1 more

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Article in International journal of STD & AIDS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Anna MagerasDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 436523City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Ellen BrazierDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 436523City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Théodore NiyongaboCentre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Kamenge, Bujumbura, Burundi.
Gad MurenziClinical Education and Research Division, 390454Rwanda Military Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
Jean D'Amour SinayobyeClinical Education and Research Division, 390454Rwanda Military Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
Adebola A AdedimejiDepartment of Epidemiology & Population Health, 2013Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
Christella TwizereCentre National de Référence en Matière de VIH/SIDA au Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi.
Elizabeth A KelvinDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 436523City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Kathryn AnastosDepartments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Population Health, 2013Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Denis NashDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 436523City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Heidi E JonesDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 436523City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4285-3752
City University of New York · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USRepublic of Burundi · BIRwanda Military Hospital · RW

Funding

"Enhancing Cancer Research in Central Africa IeDEA"U01AI096299 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI Denis Nash, Marcel Yotebieng · 2011 to 2026
$35.8M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI096299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical health record data are used for HIV surveillance, but the extent to which these data are population representative is not clear. We compared age, marital status, body mass index, and pregnancy distributions in the Central Africa International Databases to Evaluate AIDS (CA-IeDEA) cohorts in Burundi and Rwanda to all people living with HIV and the subpopulation reporting receiving a previous HIV test result in the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data, restricted to urban areas, where CA-IeDEA sites are located. DHS uses a probabilistic sample for population-level HIV prevalence estimates. In Rwanda, the CA-IeDEA cohort and DHS populations were similar with respect to age and marital status for men and women, which was also true in Burundi among women. In Burundi, the CA-IeDEA cohort had a greater proportion of younger and single men than the DHS data, which may be a result of outreach to sexual minority populations at CA-IeDEA sites and economic migration patterns. In both countries, the CA-IeDEA cohorts had a higher proportion of underweight individuals, suggesting that symptomatic individuals are more likely to access care in these settings. Multiple sources of data are needed for HIV surveillance to interpret potential biases in epidemiological data.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeHIV InfectionsAfrica, CentralBurundiFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMaleMarital StatusPregnancyRwandaBurundiDemographic health surveysHIVRwandasurveillance

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PMID33530894
PMCPMC8058267
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