10.17037/DATA.00004608
A quantitative data set produced as part of the PrEPVacc Registration Cohort, a study to prepare a population of HIV negative individuals at risk of acquiring HIV for possible participation in the PrEPVacc HIV vaccine efficacy trial. Data was collected between July 2018 and December 2022 from a registration cohort located in Masaka, Uganda. Variables cover HIV incidence, and associated demographic and behavioural factors.
The Masaka incidence data set is managed and made available by the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, in accordance with the data sharing policy and data sharing agreements located at https://apps.mrcuganda.org/mrcdatavisibility/Home/DataShare.
The data has been collected with a promise to protect the confidentiality of research participants. Access to fully anonymised data is permitted for the purpose of research verification, subject to access conditions being met. Researchers should complete the application form, outlining the research that they are conducting and data variables in which they are interested. Applications will be assessed by the study team at MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, in conjunction with external experts such as the research ethics representative. If the proposed use is allowed under the research ethical conditions, the applicant will be required to sign a Data Transfer Agreement prior to being provided with data.
| Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
| code | Participant ID (unlinked) | Open ended | String | |
| gender | Participant gender | Numeric | ||
| Male | 1 | |||
| Female | 2 | |||
| Other | 3 | |||
| age3 | Categorised age | Numeric | ||
| less than 25 | 1 | |||
| Greater or equal to 25 | 2 | |||
| personyears | Person years | Open ended | Numeric | |
| hivrr | HIV rapid test result | Numeric | ||
| Negative | 0 | |||
| Positive | 1 | |||
| Discordant/Indeterminate | 3 | |||
| enrdate | Enrolment date | DD-MM-YYYY | Date | |
| vdate | HIV test date | DD-MM-YYYY | Date | |
| occcombined | Occupation | Numeric | ||
| Other | 1 | |||
| Sex worker | 2 | |||
| Saloon, bar and lodge | 3 | |||
| Subsistence fisheries worker | 4 | |||
| mstat2 | Marital status | Numeric | ||
| Single or not living with partner | 1 | |||
| Married or cohabbitting | 2 | |||
| lsexc | Did you use a condom the last time you had sex? | Numeric | ||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2 | |||
| Not sure | 3 | |||
| tra2 | Transactional sex during past 3 months | Numeric | ||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2 | |||
| risk13 | Anonymous or casual sexual partners during past 3 months | Numeric | ||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2 | |||
| risk14 | Sexual partner is older by 10 years or more | Numeric | ||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2 | |||
| risk20 | Used recreational drugs in the past 3 months (including via injection) | Numeric | ||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2 | |||
| risk21 | Sex after consuming alcohol or using recreational drugs in the past 12 months | Numeric | ||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2 | |||
| npart2 | Number of partners | Numeric | ||
| less than 6 | 1 | |||
| Greater or equal to 6 | 2 | |||
| risk18 | Diagnosed with/treated for a sexually transmitted infection in the past 3 months | Numeric | ||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Site | Study site | String | ||
| Masaka | Masaka | |||
| residence | Does the participant belong to a fishing community | String | ||
| Fishing | FISHING | |||
| Other | OTHER |