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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Aug 1;63(4):498–505. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318293ae48

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)
<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