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July 21, 2024
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HIV-infected Latin American asylum seekers in Madrid, Spain, 2022: A prospective cohort study from a major gateway in Europe.

Publicated to:Eurosurveillance. 29 (29): - 2024-07-01 29(29), DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.29.2300692

Authors: Ryan P; Manzano S; Deihim-Rahampour N; Cuevas G; Martin-Gonzalez L; Gonzalez-Baeza A; Torres P; Lazarus JV; Torres-Macho J; Valencia J; Sanchez-Conde M

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CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), New York, United States. - Author
Fundación Estatal, Salud, Infancia y Bienestar Social, F.S.P. (FSCAI), Madrid, Spain. - Author
Fundación para la Investigación e Innovación Biomédica H.U. Infanta Leonor y H.U. Sureste, Madrid, Spain. - Author
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain. - Author
Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain. - Author
These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship. - Author
These authors contributed equally to this work and share last authorship. - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain. - Author
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain. - Author
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Abstract

BackgroundRecent migration trends have shown a notable entry of Latin American asylum seekers to Madrid, Spain.AimTo characterise the profile of asylum-seeking Latin American migrants who are living with HIV in Spain and to outline the barriers they face in accessing HIV treatment.MethodsA prospective cohort study was conducted between 2022 and 2023 with a 6-month follow-up period. Latin American asylum seekers living with HIV were recruited mainly from non-governmental organisations and received care at an HIV clinic in a public hospital in Madrid.ResultsWe included 631 asylum seekers. The primary countries of origin were Colombia (30%), Venezuela (30%) and Peru (18%). The median age was 32 years (interquartile range (IQR): 28-37), and 553 (88%) were cis men of which 94% were men who have sex with men. Upon their arrival, 49% (n = 309) lacked social support, and 74% (n = 464) faced barriers when attempting to access the healthcare system. Upon entry in Europe, 500 (77%) participants were taking antiretroviral therapy (ART). At their first evaluation at the HIV clinic, only 386 (61%) had continued taking ART and 33% (n = 209) had detectable plasma HIV-1 RNA levels. Six months later, 99% took ART and 98% had achieved an undetectable viral load.ConclusionsLatin American asylum seekers living with HIV in Madrid, Spain encountered barriers to healthcare and to ART. One-third of these individuals presented detectable HIV viral load when assessed in the HIV clinic, highlighting this as an important public health issue.

Keywords

Access to treatmentAdultAmericaFemaleHealth services accessibilityHealthcare barriersHivHiv infectionHiv infectionsHumansInfection controlLatin americaLatin americanMaleMigrantsProspective studiesPublic health policyRefugeesSexually transmitted infectionsSpainTransients and migrantsTravel

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Eurosurveillance due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 6/132, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Infectious Diseases. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-08-02:

  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 14.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 19 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 10.85.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 5 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/720240

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United States of America.