FIG. 1.

A schematic representation of SHIMS study design, including various assays performed on study specimens. Number of individuals are indicated at each step. SHIMS, Swaziland HIV-1 Incidence Measurement Survey.

*131 Participants did not consent to additional testing and were excluded from LAg, VL and NAAT testing and laboratory database for analyses.

^#Total participants who consented to participate and were retested in the cohort study.

^@131 participants did not consent for LAg testing and were excluded; of the 5683 LAg-tested specimens, 5664 had VL results

^{^}196 specimens were unavailable for pooled NAAT testing