Viral suppression among persons in HIV care in the United States during 2009-2013: sampling bias in Medical Monitoring Project surveillance estimates.

Bradley H, Althoff KN, Buchacz K, Brooks JT, Gill MJ, Horberg MA, Kitahata MM, Marconi V, Mayer KH, Mayor A, Moore R, Mugavero M, Napravnik S, Paz-Bailey G, Prejean J, Rebeiro PF, Rentsch CT, Shouse RL, Silverberg MJ, Sullivan PS, Thorne JE, Yehia B, Rosenberg ES. Viral suppression among persons in HIV care in the United States during 2009-2013: sampling bias in Medical Monitoring Project surveillance estimates. Annals of epidemiology. 2019 Dec;31(31). 3-7. PMID: 30529086 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC6420358 NIHMSID: NIHMS1514205.

Abstract

To assess sampling bias in national viral suppression (VS) estimates derived from the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) resulting from use of an abbreviated (four-month) annual sampling period. We aimed to improve VS estimates using cohort data from the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD) and a novel cohort-adjustment method.