Investigating the HIV epidemic among Black gay and bisexual men in the Southern United States: Results of the HPTN 096 pilot cross-sectional assessment
During the pilot, we successfully recruited Black MSM using starfish sampling and demonstrated the feasibility of collecting primary study outcomes using a cross-sectional assessment. We found a high burden of HIV and those living with HIV had only a moderate rate of viral suppression. In addition, PrEP use was uncommon among the men living without HIV. Reducing HIV incidence in Black MSM remains a key element to addressing the HIV epidemic in the US.
Authors
- Devang Agravat
- Oliver Laeyendecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6429-4760)
- Daniel D. Driffin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6735-4145)
- Christopher Hucks‐Ortiz
- Chris Beyrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0665-9124)
- Jean de Dieu Tapsoba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-4329)
- Anna Satcher Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8915-6903)
- Dale R. Burwen
- Matthew D. Curry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3515-0191)
- James P. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5034-3157)
- Maurice Adair
- LaRon E. Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2630-602X)
- Peter L. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1200-8494)
- Theresa Gamble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2515-0828)
- Philip A. Sullivan
- Rita Lisa Labbett
- Susan H. Eshleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4587-791X)
- Donte Travon Boyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-3116)
- Craig S Hutchinson
- S. Jones
- Robert H. Remien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4491-5275)
- Ian L. Haddock
Institutions
- University of South Carolina Upstate (US)
- Prisma Health (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of Dallas (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Advisory Board Company (United States) (US)
- Yale University (US)
- New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Center for Health and Gender Equity (US)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (US)
- Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (US)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (US)
- Energy Therapies Alliance of Central Illinois (US)
- Center for Prevention Services (US)
- Georgia Power (United States) (US)
- HIV Legal Network (CA)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- University of Montana (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334031
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00