Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention was highlighted in 21 abstracts during the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), which was held virtually from 8 to 11 March 2020.
Opening Session
16 — N’Galy-Mann Lecture: Translating HIV Science into Population Impact: A Reality Check from the Frontline
Presenting Author: Alex Coutinho
Plenary Session
18 — Universal Test and Treat (UTT): Lessons from the Past and for the Future
Presenting Author: Kevin De Cock
Oral Abstracts
44 — An MHealth CHW Intervention Trial in an HIV Hyperendemic Community in Rakai, Uganda
Presenting Author: Larry Chang
150 — Rapidly Declining HIV Incidence Among Men and Women in Rakai, Uganda
Presenting Author: Mary Grabowski
Poster Session
P–S12 – Male Circumcision and the Penile Microbiome
1037 – Long-Term Effectiveness of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention
Presenting Author: Mary K. Grabowski for the Rakai Health Sciences Program
1038 – "Stylish Man" Cluster RCT to Increase Male Circumcision for Adult Men ≥19, Uganda
Presenting Author: Maria Wawer
1039 – Sex and the Penile Microbiome: Potential Sharing of HIV Risk-Associated Anaerobes
Presenting Author: Daniel Park
Other VMMC Posters
209 – Characterisation of Potential HIV Target Myeloid Cells in Foreskin Epithelia
Presenting Author: Bokani Nleya
210 – Impact of CCL27 on HIV-1 Target-Cell Abundance in the Foreskin Epithelium
Presenting Author: Shorok Sebaa
211 – Impact of Penile Circumcision on HIV Susceptibility Markers in the Urethra
Presenting Author: Ronald Galiwango
212 – Medical Male Circumcision Disciplines the Penis: Understanding HIV Susceptibility
Presenting Author: Cosnet L. Rametse
213 – Condomless Receptive Anal Intercourse is Associated with Markers of Mucosal Injury
Presenting Author: Colleen Kelley
214 – Immune Correlates of Anorectal HIV Shedding in Men on Antiretroviral Therapy
Presenting Author: Yoojin Choi
215 – HIV Highly Infects Genital CD4+ T Cells with Remodeling for Survival and Migration
Presenting Author: Tongcui Ma
216 – Vaginal Bacteria Regulate Micro-RNAs Targeting the HIV–Host Interactome
Presenting Author: Raina Fichorova
217 – Long-Term Sex-Differences in Outcomes Following Acute HIV-1 Infection
Presenting Author: Sophie Novelli
848 — Risk Factors for New HIV Infections in the General Population in sub-Saharan Africa
Presenting Author: Kathryn Risher
856 — Factors Associated with HIV Seroconversion in Young Women in South Africa
Presenting Author: Lara Lewis
1049 — The Burden of STIs in an HIV Hyperendemic Community with High ART Coverage
Presenting Author: Mary Grabowski
1127 — Community HIV-Prevention Services Improve the HIV Treatment Cascade in 5 Countries
Presenting Author: Mansoor Farahani
1129 — Impact of Combination Prevention in Zimbabwe: A Multidistrict Transmission Model
Presenting Author: Jan Hontelez