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. 2021 Oct 25;18(10):e1003837. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003837

Table 2. Testing participation in HIV serosurveys among AGYW and contribution to HIV incidence cohort in uMkhanyakude, South Africa (A) and Gem, Kenya (B).

Round HIV survey HIV incidence cohort
Eligible for HIV survey1 Contacted and offered HIV test (% of eligible) Consented2 (% of offered) Eligible for HIV incidence cohort3 HIV results available4
2010–2012
[10/2010–10/2012]
11,428 6,041 (52.9%) 6,018 (99.6%) 5,707 3,386 (59.3%)
2013–2014
[06/2013–08/2014]
10,549 2,839 (26.9%) 2,757 (97.1%) 5,612 2,290 (40.8%)
2016
[05/2016–09/2016]
8,515 1,692 (19.9%) 1,640 (96.9%) 4,171 2,106 (50.5%)
2017
[01/2017–09/2017]
9,432 Unknown* 1,319 4,273 1,700 (39.8%)
2018
[01/2018–01/2019]
10,299 3,706 (36.0%) 3,435 (92.7%) 5,892 2,323 (39.4%)
2019
[01/2019–11/2019]
9,920 3,438 (34.7%) 2,900 (84.4%) 5,890 41 (0.7%)

1AGYW aged 15–24 years who were resident in a randomly selected study compound during the serosurvey round.

2Consented to participate (to provide a blood sample for HIV testing or self-reported as HIV+).

3Cumulative number of AGYW who first tested HIV negative when aged <25 and are eligible for entry into the HIV incidence cohort and are still aged <25 years.

4Number of eligible HIV negative AGYW who had a repeat test and contributed person-time to the HIV incidence analysis during each calendar period.

*Those who were NOT offered and those who did NOT consent were not collected during the 2017 survey round.

AGYW, adolescent girls and young women.