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. 2021 May 1;40(5):453-456.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003059.

Improving Methods to Classify Perinatal versus Nonperinatal HIV Acquisition in Young Adolescents 10-14 Years of Age

Priscilla Ruvimbo Tsondai  1 , Mary-Ann Davies  1 , Thida Singtoroj  2 , Nicola Maxwell  1 , Catherine C McGowan  3 , Wipaporn N Songtaweesin  4 , Karl-Günter Technau  5 , Azar Kariminia  6 , Cleophas Chimbetete  7 , Regina C M Succi  8 , Jorge Pinto  9 , Vanessa Rouzier  8 , Marco Tulio Luque  10 , Annette H Sohn  2 ; IeDEA Consortium
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Improving Methods to Classify Perinatal versus Nonperinatal HIV Acquisition in Young Adolescents 10-14 Years of Age

Priscilla Ruvimbo Tsondai et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .

Abstract

Mode of HIV acquisition for adolescents with HIV is often not recorded within routine healthcare databases. Hence, age at enrollment in HIV care is often used as a proxy for perinatal versus nonperinatal infection. Using routine cohort data from adolescents presenting for HIV care 10-14 years of age, we developed logistic regression models to predict likely mode of infection.

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Conflict of interest statement

A.H.S. has received grant funding to her institution from ViiV Healthcare. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Areas under the Receiver Operating Curves (ROC) for a) models with individual covariates and b) models with different covariates for predicting perinatal HIV acquisition among adolescents living with HIV presenting for HIV care 10–14 years of age
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