Prospective Evaluation of Routine Statewide Integration of Molecular Epidemiology and Contact Tracing to Disrupt Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission
Kantor R, Steingrimsson J, Fulton J, Novitsky V, Howison M, Gillani F, Bhattarai L, MacAskill M, Hague J, Guang A, Khanna A, Dunn C, Hogan J, Bertrand T, Bandy U. Prospective Evaluation of Routine Statewide Integration of Molecular Epidemiology and Contact Tracing to Disrupt Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024, 11: ofae599. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRoutine public health activitiesPublic health activitiesHealth activitiesAcademic-public health partnershipHIV transmissionNew HIV diagnosesHIV-TRACEHealth partnershipsHIV diagnosisIdentified barriersNewly-diagnosed individualsRoutine contactStatewide studyAt-riskAt-risk contactsIdentified gapsLongitudinal integrationInitial interviewContact tracingUnique individualsImproving contact tracingMolecular epidemiologyRhode IslandCommunity characteristicsMolecular cluster analysisIntegrating HIV Cluster Analysis in Everyday Public Health Practice: Lessons Learned From a Public Health–—Academic Partnership
Fulton J, Novitsky V, Gillani F, Guang A, Steingrimsson J, Khanna A, Hague J, Dunn C, Hogan J, Howe K, MacAskill M, Bhattarai L, Bertrand T, Bandy U, Kantor R. Integrating HIV Cluster Analysis in Everyday Public Health Practice: Lessons Learned From a Public Health–—Academic Partnership. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2024, 97: 48-54. PMID: 39116331, PMCID: PMC11310557, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV prevention effortsAcademic partnershipsAcademic-public health partnershipRe-interviewedPrevention effortsHIV-diagnosed personsPublic health staffPublic health practicePublic health activitiesPublic health effortsPublic health actionPublic health dataPublic health benefitsState of Rhode IslandHealth partnershipsMonthly conferenceHealth practicesTargeted interventionsDocument lessonsMultidisciplinary conferenceHIV outbreakHIVRhode IslandMolecular cluster analysisPartnership