Exploring the validity of routine individuated service data for antenatal HIV surveillance in the Western Cape
This study compares sentinel seroprevalence surveys with both routine register-based aggregate data and individuated data. Based on recent estimates, we show that in this setting linked individuated data may be reliably used for HIV prevalence surveillance and provide more granular estimates with improved efficiency compared to seroprevalence surveys and register-based aggregate data.
Authors
- Brian Rice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5416-8058)
- Adrian Puren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-4010)
- Nisha Jacob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7028-5772)
- Leigh F. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2717-011X)
- Andrew Boulle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7713-8062)
- Alexa Heekes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-5194)
- Tendesayi Kufa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9797-616X)
- Samantha Brinkmann
Institutions
- Western Cape Department of Health (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- National Institute for Communicable Diseases
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10639-6
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- United States Agency for International Development
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institutes of Health