South Africa - Africa Health Research Institute HDSS Community Viral Load
South Africa, 2011 - 2023
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AHRI.HDSS.Community.Viral.Load
South Africa - Africa Health Research Institute HDSS Community Viral Load
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | ZA |
To determine the behavioural and biological pathways through which high ART coverage reduces HIV incidence at the population level. This study seeks to establish the effect of ART scale-up on population viral load and eventually HIV incidence. It will achieve this through re-analysis of dried blood spots (DBS) collected among participants participating in Africa Health Research Institute HDSS. All HIV positive DBS were tested for viral load.
Community viral load
Each record is a viral load result from a specimen or multiple records for participants participating in individual surveillance HDSS.
Version
v1.0.0
v1.0.1 - Dataset Update
v1.0.2 - Dataset Update
Scope
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| HIV-1, HIV Incidence, Epidemics, Population Surveillance, Rural Population, HIV prevalence, South Africa, HIV Community Viral load, Population-based surveys | Africa Health Research Institute | www.ahri.org |
Coverage
AHRI's HDSS Study Area, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
The study includes all HIV positive resident individuals aged 15 years and above from KwaZulu Natal South Africa who consented to HIV tests as part of the AHRI population-based HIV testing.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Frank, Tanser | Africa Health Research Institute |
| Till, Baernighausen | Africa Health Research Institute |
| Name |
|---|
| Africa Health Research Institute |
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| National Institute of Health | NIH | Causal Pathways to population health impact of HIV antiretroviral treatment |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dickman, Gareta | Africa Health Research Institute | Data extraction, transformation and loading |
| Gregory Ording-Jesperson | Africa Health Research Institute | Lab Data Preparation |
| Sweetness H Dube | Africa Health Research Institute | Data Documentation |
| Theresa Smit | Africa Health Research Institute | Laboratory work |
| Thobeka Mngomezulu | Africa Health Research Institute | Data Collection |
Sampling
All individual dried blood spots for HIV-positive individuals from the southern part of the HDSS area.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2011-01-17 | 2023-04-30 |
Data Access
Access to the data requires accurate completion of the online data access application form accessible on the AHRI Data repository(https://data.ahri.org/). Data users are required to abide by the data use conditions stipulated on the application for access to the data. Failure to do so may result in their data access privileges being revoked by the Data Custodian. In order to recognise the effort and intellectual contributions of AHRI investigators in producing and curating the data, users of AHRI data must acknowledge the source of the data and abide by the terms and conditions under which the data is accessed and must cite the dataset in publication using the citation provided as part of this documentation. All analytical datasets published on the AHRI Data Repository are assigned digital object identifier (DOIs) and the DOIs can be found on the Data Repository under Study Description tab - Access policy. AHRI data users are required to always cite the dataset using the relevant DOI.
Tanser, F., & Baernighausen, T. (2023). South Africa - Africa Health Research Institute HDSS Community Viral Load [Data set]. Africa Health Research Institute. DOI:https://doi.org/10.23664/AHRI.HDSS.COMMUNITY.VIRAL.LOAD
Metadata production
DDI.AHRI.HDSS.CommunityViralLoad
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Africa Health Research Institute | AHRI |