Optimizing the World Health Organization algorithm for HIV vertical transmission risk assessment by adding maternal self-reported antiretroviral therapy adherence.
Algorithms
Anti-HIV Agents
/ therapeutic use
Anti-Retroviral Agents
/ therapeutic use
Female
HIV Infections
/ prevention & control
Humans
Infant
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
/ prevention & control
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
/ drug therapy
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Self Report
World Health Organization
Enhanced post-natal prophylaxis
HIV-exposed infants
Mother-to-child transmission
Paediatric HIV
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Vertical transmission
Journal
BMC public health
ISSN: 1471-2458
Titre abrégé: BMC Public Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968562
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 07 2022
08 07 2022
Historique:
received:
20
07
2021
accepted:
05
05
2022
entrez:
8
7
2022
pubmed:
9
7
2022
medline:
14
7
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The World Health Organization (WHO) risk assessment algorithm for vertical transmission of HIV (VT) assumes the availability of maternal viral load (VL) result at delivery and early viral control 4 weeks after initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART). However, in many low-and-middle-income countries, VL is often unavailable and mothers' ART adherence may be suboptimal. We evaluate the inclusion of the mothers' self-reported adherence into the established WHO-algorithm to identify infants eligible for enhanced post-natal prophylaxis when mothers' VL result is not available at delivery. We used data from infants with perinatal HIV infection and their mothers enrolled from May-2018 to May-2020 in Mozambique, South Africa, and Mali. We retrospectively compared the performance of the WHO-algorithm with a modified algorithm which included mothers' adherence as an additional factor. Infants were considered at high risk if born from mothers without a VL result in the 4 weeks before delivery and with adherence <90%. At delivery, 143/184(78%) women with HIV knew their status and were on ART. Only 17(12%) obtained a VL result within 4 weeks before delivery, and 13/17(76%) of them had VL ≥1000 copies/ml. From 126 women on ART without a recent VL result, 99(79%) had been on ART for over 4 weeks. 45/99(45%) women reported suboptimal (< 90%) adherence. A total of 81/184(44%) infants were classified as high risk of VT as per the WHO-algorithm. The modified algorithm including self-adherence disclosure identified 126/184(68%) high risk infants. In the absence of a VL result, mothers' self-reported adherence at delivery increases the number of identified infants eligible to receive enhanced post-natal prophylaxis.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The World Health Organization (WHO) risk assessment algorithm for vertical transmission of HIV (VT) assumes the availability of maternal viral load (VL) result at delivery and early viral control 4 weeks after initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART). However, in many low-and-middle-income countries, VL is often unavailable and mothers' ART adherence may be suboptimal. We evaluate the inclusion of the mothers' self-reported adherence into the established WHO-algorithm to identify infants eligible for enhanced post-natal prophylaxis when mothers' VL result is not available at delivery.
METHODS
We used data from infants with perinatal HIV infection and their mothers enrolled from May-2018 to May-2020 in Mozambique, South Africa, and Mali. We retrospectively compared the performance of the WHO-algorithm with a modified algorithm which included mothers' adherence as an additional factor. Infants were considered at high risk if born from mothers without a VL result in the 4 weeks before delivery and with adherence <90%.
RESULTS
At delivery, 143/184(78%) women with HIV knew their status and were on ART. Only 17(12%) obtained a VL result within 4 weeks before delivery, and 13/17(76%) of them had VL ≥1000 copies/ml. From 126 women on ART without a recent VL result, 99(79%) had been on ART for over 4 weeks. 45/99(45%) women reported suboptimal (< 90%) adherence. A total of 81/184(44%) infants were classified as high risk of VT as per the WHO-algorithm. The modified algorithm including self-adherence disclosure identified 126/184(68%) high risk infants.
CONCLUSIONS
In the absence of a VL result, mothers' self-reported adherence at delivery increases the number of identified infants eligible to receive enhanced post-natal prophylaxis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35804333
doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13543-9
pii: 10.1186/s12889-022-13543-9
pmc: PMC9264598
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-HIV Agents
0
Anti-Retroviral Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1312Subventions
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : P30 AI073961
Pays : United States
Investigateurs
Paolo Rossi
(P)
Carlo Giaquinto
(C)
Silvia Faggion
(S)
Daniel Gomez Pena
(DG)
Inger Lindfors Rossi
(IL)
William James
(W)
Alessandra Nardone
(A)
Paolo Palma
(P)
Paola Zangari
(P)
Carla Paganin
(C)
Eleni Nastouli
(E)
Moira J Spyer
(MJ)
Anne-Genevieve Marcelin
(AG)
Vincent Calvez
(V)
Pablo Rojo
(P)
Alfredo Tagarro
(A)
Sara Dominguez
(S)
Maria Angeles Munoz
(MA)
Caroline Foster
(C)
Savita Pahwa
(S)
Anita De Rossi
(A)
Mark Cotton
(M)
Nigel Klein
(N)
Deborah Persaud
(D)
Rob J De Boer
(RJ)
Juliane Schroeter
(J)
Adriana Ceci
(A)
Viviana Giannuzzi
(V)
Kathrine Luzuriaga
(K)
Nicolas Chomont
(N)
Nicola Cotugno
(N)
Louise Kuhn
(L)
Andrew Yates
(A)
Avy Violari
(A)
Kennedy Otwombe
(K)
Paula Vaz
(P)
Maria Grazia Lain
(MG)
Elisa López-Varela
(E)
Tacilta Nhamposssa
(T)
Denise Naniche
(D)
Ofer Levy
(O)
Philip Goulder
(P)
Mathias Lichterfeld
(M)
Holly Peay
(H)
Pr Mariam Sylla
(PM)
Almoustapha Maiga
(A)
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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