Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39799349›Full record

ArticleBMC public health2025

Association between population viral load surrogate indicator and HIV transmission potential: a prospective cohort study in Xinjiang, China.

Qian He, Yongkang Ni, Yuefei Li, Xiaoyuan Hu, Xiaomin Hu, Zhen Ni, Changyu Zeng, Aizimaiti Aikebaier, Bixin Xu, Mingjian Ni

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Qian He *School of public health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830017, China.
Yongkang Ni *School of public health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830017, China.
Yuefei LiSchool of public health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830017, China.
Xiaoyuan HuXinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, 830002, China.
Xiaomin HuXinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, 830002, China.
Zhen NiXinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, 830002, China.
Changyu ZengXinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, 830002, China.
Aizimaiti AikebaierXinjiang medical University Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Urumqi, 830000, China.
Bixin XuYining Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yining, 835000, China.
Mingjian NiXinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, 830002, China. xjnmj@126.com.

Funding

National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China 2018ZX10715-007Xinjiang Key Laboratory of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Research XJYS1706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNew indicators of potential human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission are being actively explored. We aim to categorical testing of the viral load (VL) of persons living with HIV (PLWH) in order to explore new indicators to measure the intensity of the epidemic and the effectiveness of the response in the community.

methodsA dynamic cohort study was conducted in Yining to monitor the VL of all persons living with HIV from 2017 to 2019. Different population VL (PVL) surrogate indicators were measured and the strength of the associations of different PVL surrogates with HIV incidence, antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage, virus unsuppression, and viremia prevalence was assessed. PVL surrogate indicators were used to describe the current status of HIV transmission in different populations and communities.

resultsAll PVL indicators decreased from 2017 to 2019 (P < 0.05). Arithmetic mean community viral load (CVL) (r = 1.000, P = 0.006) and geometric mean CVL (r = 1.000, P = 0.001) were positively associated with HIV incidence, ART coverage and viral unsuppression (P < 0.05). CVL was higher in the male, ≤ 25 years of age, primary school or below, other household registration, other medical insurance types, other source of sample, nonmarital and noncommercial heterosexual contact, and nonmarital and commercial heterosexual contact subgroups. Community-based cross-sectional analyses showed that CVL in community 10 was positively correlated with viral unsuppression rate and viremia prevalence but negatively correlated with ART coverage rate, suggesting that the community was a hotspot for HIV epidemics.

conclusionsCVL can be used as an indicator for assessing HIV transmission and identifying high-risk populations and hotspot communities.

Indexed as

HIV InfectionsViral LoadAdolescentAdultBiomarkersChinaFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceProspective StudiesYoung AdultBiomarkersCohort studyCommunity viral load (CVL)HIV incidenceHIV transmission potentialPersons living with HIV (PLWH)

Identifiers

PMID39799349
PMCPMC11725197

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.