Citation
Grabowski, M. Kate & Lessler, Justin (2017). Phylogenetic Insights into Age-Disparate Partnerships and HIV. Lancet HIV, 4(1), e8-9.Abstract
In The Lancet HIV, Tulio de Oliveira and colleagues present phylogenetic evidence supporting the hypothesis that HIV incidence in young women (aged 15–25 years) is driven by age-disparate partnerships (ie, those between individuals with an age difference of >5 years). HIV prevalence is more than 60% higher in women than in men in sub-Saharan Africa, andyoung African women have the highest HIV incidence of any demographic subgroup. The hypothesis that age-disparate partnerships drive incidence in this group has motivated HIV policy and programmatic responses in sub-Saharan Africa, and might be important to the success of programmes such as the DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe women) partnership. Although recent reports of prospective data from the Africa Center for Health and Population Studies and the VOICE (MTN-003) trial suggested that incident HIV infection in women was not associated with agedisparate partnerships, difficulties exist with accurately collecting the type of self-reported sexual partnership and HIV exposure data on which these studies were based.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(16)30184-9Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2017Journal Title
Lancet HIVAuthor(s)
Grabowski, M. KateLessler, Justin