Table 1.
Young adults evaluated for prevalent and acute HIV-1 infection.
| Young adults (18–29 years) seeking healthcare at government and private health facilities (A–E) | Study participants evaluated for acute HIV infection | ||||||
| Clinic | No. seen | No. evaluated (% of those seen) | No. meeting AHI criteriab (% of those evaluated) | No. with prevalent HIV-1 (% of total evaluated) | No. enrolledc | No. with fever (%) | No. with AHI (% of those evaluated) |
| A | 2908 | 1410 (48.5) | 400 (28.4) | 62 (4.4) | 225 | 76 (33.8) | 1 (0.4) |
| Ba | 1166 | 225 (19.3) | 117 (52.0) | 7 (3.1) | 91 | 56 (61.5) | 3 (3.2) |
| C | 1542 | 555 (36.0) | 129 (23.2) | 15 (2.7) | 78 | 41 (52.6) | 1 (1.3) |
| Da | 1380 | 929 (67.3) | 167 (18.0) | 34 (3.7) | 76 | 38 (50.0) | 0 |
| Ea | 1017 | 483 (47.5) | 84 (17.4) | 21 (4.3) | 36 | 30 (83.3) | 0 |
| All | 8013 | 3602 (45.0) | 897 (24.9) | 139 (3.9) | 506 | 241 (47.6) | 5 (1.0) |
AHI, acute HIV-1 infection.
aPrivate health facilities
bAHI criteria: Potentially eligible patients seeking healthcare were assigned a risk score by summing points based on the following characteristics: 1 for generalized body pains or multiple partners in the past 2 months, and 2 for documented fever (≥37.5°C axillary), reported diarrhoea, or symptoms compatible with an STI. Patients with a risk score at least 2 met AHI criteria.
cEligibility criteria: Age 18–29 years years, residency in the study area, risk score at least 2, and willingness to be evaluated for HIV-1, including AHI, and for malaria, if febrile. Sixteen HIV-1-positive patients were excluded from AHI evaluation.