Significant reduction in HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men. Possible effect of antiretroviral treatment?.

GUZMAN L; MORANDO N; KOGAN G; MARONE R; SQUIQUERA L; LAUFER N; OCHOA C; IANNANTOUNO MV; VILA M; SALOMON H; PANDO MA

Amsterdam

Conferencia; 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018); 2018

IAS

Introduction: Since 2000, NEXO NGO facilitates HIV diagnostic to sexual minorities, mainly men who have sex with men (MSM) through the implementation of a testing center. Objective: To evaluate HIV prevalence among MSM from Buenos Aires since the introduction of rapid HIV tests (RHT) in 2014. Methods: Recruitment was based on spontaneous demand of RHT, available for free in the testing center from April 2014 to March 2017. RHT were performed with finger-stick samples using Alere Determine HIV-1/2. All patients completed self-administrated surveys and signed informed consents. Confirmatory and complementary studies were offered. The results were delivered to the participants within a counseling meeting. Data were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics v22 and Epidat 3.0.Results: A total of 5687 RHT were performed in 4958 MSM. We observed a significant decrease in HIV prevalence considering the last three years of testing: 12.1%, 10.8%, and 9.2%, respectively (p