10.17037/DATA.00003540
A quantitative dataset collected as part of an on-going HIV vaccine preparedness study “The PrEPVacc Registration Cohort”. The study was set up at sites in Masaka, Uganda; Durban, South Africa; Maputo, Mozambique; Mbeya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to prepare a population of HIV negative individuals at risk of acquiring HIV for possible participation in the PrEPVacc HIV vaccine efficacy and pre-exposure prophylaxis trial.
It contains information on demographic, HIV risk behavioural characteristics, HIV prevalence at screening and incidence during follow up, among participants.
The "PrEPVacc_HIV_prognostic_tools_data" may be requested for the purpose of research verification and use in academic research.
Applicants must provide a list of the data variables names that they wish to analyse (as outlined in the table below), evidence of ethics approval being obtained for their research, and sign a data sharing agreement outlining permitted and non-permitted uses.
Data applications are handled by the MRC / UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, based upon advice from their Research Ethics Committee.
Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
CodedID | Coded participant ID (unlinked) | Open ended | String | |
HIV_at_screening | Confirmed HIV-1/2 infection at screening | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
last_visit_attended | Last visit attended - Visit number (Scheduled quarterly visits - coded X.0; Unscheduled visits identified as X.1, X.2,X.3 etc visits) | double | ||
Last_hiv_result_followup | HIV rapid test result | Numeric | ||
Negative | 0 | |||
Positive | 1 | |||
Negative | 2 | |||
Discordant/Indeterminate | 3 | |||
gender | Gender | Numeric | ||
Male | 1 | |||
Female | 2 | |||
Other | 3 | |||
age3 | Categorised age | double | ||
less than 25 | 1 | |||
Greater or equal to 25 | 2 | |||
risk20 | Used (including via injection) recreational drugs in the past 3 months | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
risk21 | Sex after consuming alcohol or using recreational drugs in the past 12 months | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
risk15 | Sexual partner(s) has/have other partners | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
risk6 | Sex without a condom with a partner who is a long distance truck driver or miner | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
risk14 | Sexual partner is older by 10 years or more | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
risk3 | Sex without a condom with two or more partners in the past 3 months | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
educ2 | Education | Numeric | ||
Primary | 1 | |||
Secondary | 2 | |||
occcombined | Occupation | Numeric | ||
Other | 1 | |||
Sex worker | 2 | |||
Saloon, bar and lodge | 3 | |||
Subsistence fisheries worker | 4 | |||
npart2 | Number of partners | Numeric | ||
less than 6 | 1 | |||
Greater or equal to 6 | 2 | |||
lsexc | Did you use a condom the last time you had sex | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
Not sure | 3 | |||
tra2 | Transactional sex | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
risk13 | Anonymous or casual sexual partners | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
drnksx | How often did you have sex when drunk | Numeric | ||
Never | 1 | |||
Sometimes (<50% of the time) | 2 | |||
Frequently (>50% of the time) | 3 | |||
Always | 4 | |||
disch | In the last 3 months, have you had any abnormal genital discharge | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
Not sure | 3 | |||
ulcer | In the last 3 months, have you had genital sores or ulcers | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
Not sure | 3 | |||
useprep | Are you currently using PrEP | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
risk18 | Diagnosed with/treated for a sexually transmitted infection in the past 3 months | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
eli | Individual meets all eligibility criteria for this study | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
enr | Individual has been enrolled (Some data will show as missing for those not enrolled) | Numeric | ||
No | 1 | |||
Yes | 2 | |||
site | Study site | String | ||
Dar es salaam | Dar es salaam | |||
Durban | Durban | |||
Verulam | Verulam | |||
Maputo | Maputo | |||
Mbeya | Mbeya | |||
Masaka | Masaka | |||
mstat3 | Marital status | Numeric | ||
Single | 1 | |||
In relationship/ married/ cohabiting | 2 | |||
Divorced/ separated/ widowed | 3 | |||
Followup_days | Number of day between enrolment last visit | Open ended | Numeric |