Table 4. Average annual HIV transmission rate in the study community compared to previous results from a study in Orange Farm township, South Africa [27].
Viral load (copies/ml) | ||||||
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<400 | 400-3,499 | 3,500-9,999 | 10,000-49,999 | 50,000+ | Total | |
Annual HIV transmission rate [13] | 0 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.23 | - |
% of HIV-positive population in the study community | 36.5% | 10.1% | 9.6% | 16.4% | 27.4% | 100% |
Not on ART | 20.0% | 10.0% | 12.1% | 20.7% | 37.1% | 100% |
On ART | 65.8% | 10.1% | 5.1% | 8.9% | 10.1% | 100% |
% of HIV-positive population in Orange Farm | 3.1% | 8.2% | 12.2% | 25.5% | 51.1% | 100% |
With CD4 <200 cells/μl | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 20.6% | 79.4% | 100% |
Weighted HIV transmission rate in the study community | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.013 | 0.025 | 0.045 |
Not on ART | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.017 | 0.034 | 0.058 |
On ART | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.022 |
Weighted HIV transmission rate in Orange Farm | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.021 | 0.046 | 0.074 |
With CD4 <200 cells/μl | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.017 | 0.072 | 0.088 |