Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 14;78(6):1601-1607. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad776.
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment reduces tuberculosis (TB) disease and mortality; however, the population-level impact of universal HIV-test-and-treat interventions on TB infection and transmission remain unclear. METHODS: In a sub-study nested in the SEARCH trial, a community cluster-randomized trial (NCT01864603), we assessed whether a universal HIV-test-and-treat intervention reduced population-level incident TB infection in rural Uganda. Intervention communities received annual, population-level HIV testing and patient-centered linkage. Control communities received population-level HIV testing at baseline and endline. We compared estimated incident TB infection by arms, defined by tuberculin skin test conversion in a cohort of persons aged 5 and older, adjusting for participation and predictors of infection, and accounting for clustering. RESULTS: Of the 32 trial communities, 9 were included, comprising 90 801 participants (43 127 intervention and 47 674 control). One-year cumulative incidence of TB infection was 16% in the intervention and 22% in the control; SEARCH reduced the population-level risk of incident TB infection by 27% (adjusted risk ratio = 0.73; 95% confidence interval [CI]: .57-.92, P = .005). In pre-specified analyses, the effect was largest among children aged 5-11 years and males. CONCLUSIONS: A universal HIV-test-and-treat intervention reduced incident TB infection, a marker of population-level TB transmission. Investments in community-level HIV interventions have broader population-level benefits, including TB reductions.
背景:人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)治疗可降低结核病(TB)发病和死亡率;然而,普遍开展 HIV 检测和治疗干预对 TB 感染和传播的人群水平影响仍不清楚。
方法:在 SEARCH 试验的一个嵌套子研究中,一项社区整群随机试验(NCT01864603)中,我们评估了普遍开展 HIV 检测和治疗的干预措施是否降低了乌干达农村地区人群水平的新发 TB 感染。干预社区每年进行人群水平的 HIV 检测和以患者为中心的转介。对照社区在基线和终线时进行人群水平的 HIV 检测。我们比较了手臂之间的估计新发 TB 感染率,通过对年龄在 5 岁及以上人群中的结核菌素皮肤试验转化的队列进行定义,调整了感染的参与和预测因素,并考虑了聚类。
结果:在 32 个试验社区中,有 9 个社区被纳入,共纳入 90801 名参与者(43127 名干预组和 47674 名对照组)。干预组和对照组的 1 年累积 TB 感染发生率分别为 16%和 22%;SEARCH 降低了人群水平新发 TB 感染的风险 27%(调整后的风险比=0.73;95%置信区间[CI]:0.57-0.92,P=0.005)。在预先指定的分析中,该效果在 5-11 岁儿童和男性中最大。
结论:普遍开展 HIV 检测和治疗干预措施降低了新发 TB 感染率,这是人群水平 TB 传播的一个标志物。对社区层面 HIV 干预措施的投资具有更广泛的人群水平效益,包括降低 TB 发病率。
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