Abstract
An outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among people who inject drugs in Glasgow, Scotland started in 2014. We describe 156 cases over 5 years and evaluate the impact of clinical interventions using virological and phylogenetic analysis. We established (1) HIV services within homeless health facilities, including outreach nurses, and (2) antiretroviral therapy (ART) via community pharmacies. Implementation of the new model reduced time to ART initiation from 264 to 23 days and increased community viral load suppression rates to 86%. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that 2019 diagnoses were concentrated within a single network. Traditional HIV care models require adaptation for this highly complex population.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | S410-S419 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 222 |
Issue number | Supplement_5 |
Early online date | 2 Sept 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use
- Community Health Services/methods
- Contact Tracing/methods
- Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control
- Female
- HIV Infections/drug therapy
- HIV Testing/methods
- HIV/genetics
- Homeless Persons
- Humans
- Male
- Medication Adherence
- Models, Organizational
- Nurses/organization & administration
- Pharmacies/organization & administration
- Phylogeny
- Scotland/epidemiology
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications
- Viral Load
- ART
- PWID
- Antiretroviral therapy
- Outbreak
- HIV
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine