Publications by authors named "Kendra L Johnson"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on the effectiveness of same-day PrEP programs in Mississippi, using data from major PrEP providers and linking it to HIV reporting systems.
- Among the 427 clients who started PrEP between September 2018 and 2021, only 2.3% tested positive for HIV later, with an incidence rate of 1.18 per 100 person-years.
- The research highlighted higher incidence rates of HIV among transgender and nonbinary individuals, as well as among Black individuals, indicating a need for better support and interventions for high-risk populations to maintain and restart PrEP.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) persistence is suboptimal in the United States. In the Deep South, a region with high rates of new HIV diagnosis, patterns of PrEP discontinuation remain unexplored. We evaluated data from a clinic-based PrEP program in Jackson, Mississippi and included patients initiating PrEP between August 2018 and April 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSyphilis and HIV are important public health issues in the United States, especially in the southeastern region. This study aimed to determine and describe the co-infection pattern in Mississippi by using a case-controlled design to analyze cases diagnosed with syphilis or HIV from 2007 to 2016. Direct matching was employed to identify cases that were co-infected during the same calendar year, and binary logistic regression analysis was used to determine predictors of co-infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Little is known about the lifetime risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis among US men who have sex with men (MSM), trends in risk and how risk varies between populations.
Methods: We used census and HIV surveillance data to construct life tables to estimate the cumulative risk of HIV diagnosis among cohorts of MSM born 1940 to 1994 in King County, Washington (KC) and Mississippi (MS).
Results: The cumulative risk of HIV diagnosis progressed in 3 phases.
Objective: To understand patterns of HIV transmission among young black MSM and others in Mississippi.
Design: Phylogenetic analysis of HIV-1 polymerase (pol) sequences from 799 antiretroviral-naive persons newly diagnosed with HIV infection in Mississippi during 2005-2008, 130 (16%) of whom were black MSM aged 16-25 years.
Methods: We identified phylogenetic clusters and used surveillance data to evaluate demographic attributes and risk factors of all persons in clusters that included black MSM aged 16-25 years.