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Table 2 Estimated HIV-1 Incidence of HIV infection among 9,008 individuals (434 seropositive samples) screened in 3 VCTs of Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan area from November 2004 to October 2005 - conventional estimation and estimation with 2 corrective factors (CF).

From: Prevalence, estimated HIV-1 incidence and viral diversity among people seeking voluntary counseling and testing services in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Recent

Infections

Estimate Incidencea

%/year (95% CI)

Estimate Incidenceb

%/year (95% CI)

Estimate Incidencec

%/year (95% CI)

Overall = 434

61

1.68 (1.26 - 2.10)

1.09 (1.32 - 1.87)

1.17 (0.88 - 1.47)

Gender

    

   Female (191)

30

1.40 (0.90 - 1.90)

0.97 (0.62 - 1.31)

1.04 (0.67 - 1.41)

   Male (243)

31

2.10 (1.36 - 2.84)

1.27 (0.82 - 1.72)

1.37 (0.89 - 1.85)

Exposure categories

(among men)

    

   Heterosexual (144)

15

1.12 (0.55 - 1.68)

0.56 (0.28 - 0.84)

0.60 (0.30 - 0.91)

   MSM (99)

16

11.96 (6.10 - 17.82)

8.55 (4.36 - 12.74)

9.17 (4.68 - 13.67)

Age (years)

    

   <25 (65)

9

0.87 (0.30 - 1.44)

0.56 (0.19 - 0.92)

0.60 (0.21 - 0.99)

   25 to 40 (233)

34

2.33 (1.55 - 3.12)

1.55 (1.03 - 2.07)

1.67 (1.11 - 2.23)

   >40 (136)

18

1.59 (0.86 - 2.33)

0.99 (0.53 - 1.45)

1.07 (0.57 - 1.56)

  1. a Incidence estimated with conventional estimation [9]
  2. b CF1 = Incidence estimated with Corrective Factor 1 [12]
  3. c CF2 = Incidence estimated with Corrective Factor 2 [13]