TABLE 2.
Characteristics of intervention period index participants and partner testing outcomes, Tambua Mapema Plus Trial, coastal Kenya, 2017–2020
No. | Sex | Age (years) | Chronic or acute HIV infection | Linkage outcome | Log10viral load | Regular partners reported | Casual partners reported | Consented to HPN | Positive tests/no. tested | Partner HIV status and linkage outcome |
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1 | Female | 19 | Acute | Enrolled | NDa | 1 | 0 | Yes | 0/1 | Spouse confirmed negative and initiated on PrEP |
2 | Female | 23 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.74 | 2 | 1 | Yes | 0/1 | Spouse confirmed negative and initiated on PrEP; other regular partner status unknown; casual partner status unknown |
3 | Female | 23 | Chronic | Otherb | N/A | 1 | 0 | N/A | Status unknown | |
4 | Female | 24 | Chronic | Enrolled | 2.96 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 0/1 | Spouse confirmed negative and initiated on PrEP |
5 | Female | 24 | Chronic | Enrolled | NDc | 1 | 0 | No | Status unknown | |
6 | Female | 25 | Chronic | Not enrolled | Not done | Not assessed | Not assessed | N/A | N/A | |
7 | Female | 26 | Chronic | Enrolled | 5.13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | Status unknown | |
8 | Female | 26 | Chronic | Enrolled | 5.01 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 0/1 | Regular partner confirmed negative initiated on PrEP; spouse status unknown |
9 | Female | 26 | Chronic | Enrolled | 6.06 | 1 | 0 | Yes | Status unknown | |
10 | Female | 26 | Acute | Enrolled | 6.91 | 1 | 0 | No | Regular partner tested positive first, linked at testing facility. Index case referred to study team with AHI symptoms | |
11 | Female | 26 | Chronic | Enrolled | 6.17 | 1 | 5 | Yes | 0/2 | Spouse status unknown; two casual partners confirmed negative (not in an ongoing relationship); three other casual partners status unknown |
12 | Female | 27 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 0/1 | Regular partner confirmed negative, not in an ongoing relationship |
13 | Female | 27 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.81 | 1 | 0 | No | Status unknown | |
14 | Female | 28 | Chronic | Enrolled | 6.42 | 1 | 0 | No | Spouse reported to be known positive and on treatment | |
15 | Female | 28 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.69 | 0 | 0 | No | Regular partner deceased | |
16 | Female | 31 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.73 | 1 | 1 | Yes | Regular partner and casual partner status unknown | |
17 | Female | 31 | Chronic | Enrolled | 3.60 | 1 | 5 | Passive referral | 0/1 | Spouse confirmed negative initiated on PEPd; casual partners' status unknown |
18 | Female | 32 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.23 | 1 | 0 | Passive referral | 1/1 | Regular partner newly diagnosed with chronic HIV |
19 | Female | 34 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.71 | 1 | 0 | No | Status unknown | |
20 | Female | 39 | Chronic | Enrolled | 5.05 | 1 | 0 | Yes | Spouse reported to have tested elsewhere (self‐reported negative) | |
21 | Male | 20 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.85 | 1 | 0 | No | Status unknown | |
22 | Male | 24 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.76 | 1 | 0 | Yes | Spouse reported to be known positive and on treatment | |
23 | Male | 24 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | Yes | Spouse tested elsewhere (self‐reported negative); other regular partner status unknown; casual partners' status unknown | |
24 | Male | 25 | Chronic | LTFU | 6.16 | 1 | 0 | No | Status unknown | |
25 | Male | 29 | Chronic | Enrolled | 3.72 | 1 | 8 | Yes | Regular partner status unknown; casual partners' status unknown | |
26 | Male | 30 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.90 | 1 | 0 | No | Regular partner reported to be known positive and on treatment | |
27 | Male | 31 | Chronic | Not enrolled | Not done | 2 | 0 | N/A | Spouse reported to be known positive and on treatment; other regular partner status unknown | |
28 | Male | 31 | Chronic | Enrolled | 6.58 | 1 | 1 | No | Spouse and casual partner status unknown | |
29 | Male | 34 | Chronic | Not enrolled | Not done | Not assessed | Not assessed | N/A | N/A | |
30 | Male | 36 | Chronic | Enrolled | 3.20 | 2 | 2 | Yes | Spouse tested elsewhere (self‐reported negative); other regular partners' status unknown; casual partners' status unknown | |
31 | Male | 36 | Chronic | Enrolled | 5.73 | 0 | 0 | No | N/A | |
32 | Male | 36 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Spouse tested elsewhere (self‐reported negative); other regular partner known positive and on treatment | |
33 | Male | 36 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.01 | 1 | 0 | No | N/A | |
34 | Male | 38 | Chronic | Othere | N/A | 2 | 0 | Passive referral | One spouse reported to be a known positive. Second spouse newly diagnosed with chronic HIV and linked at facility of index enrolment | |
35 | Male | 39 | Chronic | Other e , f | N/A | Not assessed | Not assessed | N/A | N/A | |
36 | Male | 39 | Chronic | Enrolled | 5.47 | 0 | 1 | No | Casual partner status unknown | |
37 | Male | 39 | Chronic | Enrolled | 4.14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 1/1 | Regular partner newly diagnosed with chronic HIV and initiated on ART; spouse status unknown |
Abbreviations: HPN, HIV partner notification; LTFU, lost to follow‐up; ND, not detected; PrEP, pre‐exposure prophylaxis.
Elite controller.
Relocated outside of study area.
Participant denied prior HIV testing or use of ART (CD4 count at diagnosis was 168 cells/mL).
Participant initiated on post‐exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with HIV exposure < 72 h; no PrEP continuation because of COVID‐19 lockdown.
Linked to care at testing facility.
Participant linked to care at testing facility but died before week 6 visit.