Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of index cases with acute HIV infection (n=68) reported in North Carolina and their contacts identified through contact tracing (n=210).
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| Characteristic | Index | HIV-infecteda n (%) |
HIV-negative n (%) |
HIV-status unknownb n (%) |
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| Total | 68 | 71 | 66 | 73 | ||
| Reached for interview | 66 (97) | 68 (96) | 66 (100) | 14 (19) | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 58 (85) | 68 (96) | 58 (88) | 62 (85) | ||
| Female | 10 (15) | 1 (1) | 7 (11) | 4 (5) | ||
| Unknown/missing | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 7 (10) | ||
| Age at investigation | ||||||
| <30 years | 42 (62) | 44 (62) | 43 (65) | 28 (38) | ||
| ≥30 years | 26 (38) | 23 (32) | 22 (33) | 26 (36) | ||
| Unknown/missing | 0 (0) | 4 (6) | 1 (2) | 19 (26) | ||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 45 (66) | 51 (72) | 37 (56) | 37 (51) | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 21 (31) | 12 (17) | 24 (36) | 18 (25) | ||
| Other/missing | 2 (3) | 8 (11) | 5 (8) | 18 (25) | ||
| Region of residence / % with HIV sequences | ||||||
| 1 – Black Mountain | 7 (10) | / 71% | 5 (7) | / 0% | 10 (15) | 2 (3) |
| 2 – Charlotte | 25 (37) | / 68% | 29 (41) | / 52% | 21 (32) | 18 (25) |
| 3 – Winston-Salem | 9 (13) | / 56% | 5 (7) | / 80% | 6 (9) | 7 (10) |
| 4 - Raleigh | 14 (21) | / 50% | 15 (21) | / 60% | 3 (5) | 12 (16) |
| 5 - Fayetteville | 4 (6) | / 0% | 6 (8) | / 50% | 7 (11) | 1 (1) |
| 6 – Greenville | 6 (9) | / 50% | 2 (3) | / 100% | 11 (17) | 7 (10) |
| 7 - Wilmington | 3 (4) | / 33% | 3 (4) | / 33% | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Out of State/unknown | 0 | 6 (8) | / 0% | 7 (11) | 26 (36) | |
| HIV previously diagnosed | --- | 54 (76) | --- | --- | ||
| Diagnosed ≥5 years agoc | --- | 21 (39) | --- | --- | ||
| HIV RNA>1000 copies/mL or missingc,d | --- | 38 (70) | --- | --- | ||
a
Includes 20 second-degree HIV-infected contacts
b
Includes one second-degree contact with unknown HIV-status
c
Proportion of those with previously diagnosed HIV
d
HIV RNA viral load reported to the NC DHHS most closely to the time of index case investigation among the 54 contacts with previous HIV diagnoses
e
Some columns may not sum to 100% due to rounding