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HIV acquisition after arrival in France among sub-Saharan African migrants

living with HIV in Paris area. Estimations from the ANRS

PARCOURS study

Annabel DESGREES du LOU1, Julie PANNETIER1, Andrainolo RAVALIHASY1, Anne GOSSELIN1, Virginie SUPERVIE2,3,, Henri

Panjo2, Nathalie BAJOS2, France LERT2, Nathalie LYDIE4, Rosemary DRAY-SPIRA2,3 and the PARCOURS Study Group.

(1) CEPED, IRD, Paris (annabel.desgrees@ird.fr); (2) CESP, INSERM, Paris ; (3) IPLESP, INSERM, Paris; (4) INPES, Paris

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Background

• In France, 31% of new HIV diagnoses concern immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa (Cazein et al., 2015).

• Virological data suggest that among them, at least a fourth of HIV infection cases occured in France (Lucas et al., 2012), but a more precise estimation of HIV acquisition in France is needed.

Objective: to estimate the proportion of sub-Saharan migrants who acquired HIV infection after their arrival in France using life-event and clinical data collected in the ANRS-PARCOURS study.

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MethodsThe ANRS PARCOURS survey

In 2012-2013, a cross-sectional study in Paris area among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa (aged 18-59 years)

Study design• A random sample of HIV-

infected outpatients followed in 24 health care centers.

• A retrospective life-event questionnaire

• Clinical and laboratory data from medical records.

A combined method mixing life-event and CD4 data to assign HIV acquisition in France

• We assumed that HIV infection had probably been acquired in France if at least one of the following life-event criterion was fulfilled:

– HIV diagnosis ≥ 11 years after arrival in France ,

– ≥1 negative HIV test in France, – first sex after arrival in France.

• If none of these criteria was fulfilled, we estimated the duration from HIV infection to first CD4 count using a modelling of CD4 cell count decline.

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Life event questionnaire-based method

CD4-cell count method

Final study sampleN=898

(-133 HIV diagnosed before arrival in France)

Left to be assigned: N=628

Left to be assigned: N=565

Left to be assigned: N=537 Estimated year of

infection posterior to year of arrival in France

N=197

HIV diagnosed more than 11 years after

arrival in FranceN=137

At least one negative HIV testing after arrival in

FranceN=63

Sexual debut after arrival in France

N=28

HIV acquisition after arrival in France

49% [45-53]

Results

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Conclusion

• Almost half of sub-Saharan migrants living with HIV acquired HIV while living in France.

• Estimates for France are higher than in the UK: 49% (45–53%) versus 33% (26–39%) (Rice et al., 2012).

• Our findings highlight the need to improve focused HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan African migrants.

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Acknowledgements

• We thank the ANRS PRIMOCI group (PI A. Minga and X. Anglaret) who accepted to share with us the data on natural decline in CD4 among the PRIMO CI Ivoirian cohort of seroconverters.

• The PARCOURS survey was funded by the French National Agency for Research on Aids and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS). We thank all patients who agreed to participate in the PARCOURS survey, all medical staff members in the participating hospitals, as well as the community-based organisations who supported the survey.

• The PARCOURS Study Group included A. Desgrées du Loû, F.Lert, R. Dray Spira, N. Bajos, N.Lydié (scientific coordinators) ; J. Pannetier, A. Ravalihasy, A. Gosselin, E. Rodary, D. Pourette, J. Situ, P. Revault, P. Sogni, J. Gelly, Y le Strat, N Razafindrasitma.

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