HIV/AIDS Topics Many Americans Still Get HIV Diagnosis Years After Infection, CDC Says
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Wednesday, 29 November 2017 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Many people with HIV in the United States are still being diagnosed with HIV late, and therefore are not getting the full therapeutic and prevention benefits of starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) early, according to the latest Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released in advance of World AIDS Day.
CDC Continues to Recommend Annual HIV Testing for Gay Men
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reaffirmed its recommendation that sexually active gay and bisexual men should undergo at least annual HIV screening, according to a report in the August 11 edition of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. However, some local providers advise more frequent HIV and sexually transmitted infection tests.
AIDS 2016: Market Constraints and Uncertainties May Limit Scale-Up of HIV Self-Testing
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Wednesday, 10 August 2016 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
There are 4 different HIV self-test products now manufactured and approved for sale in the U.S. and Europe, with a further 9 in the pipeline, but uncertainties about the level of demand and the prices that will be paid are limiting manufacturers’ interest in bringing products to market. Moreover, while self-testing may have the greatest potential in sub-Saharan Africa, the fragmented regulatory environment there could hamper scale-up in the region, Petra Stankard of Populations Services International said at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) last month in Durban.
CROI 2017: Point-of-Care Testing Improves Infant HIV Diagnosis Rate, Treatment, and Retention
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Wednesday, 08 March 2017 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
Using a point-of-care test to diagnose HIV in infants significantly improved retention in care, speeded up antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, and increased the proportion of infants who started treatment, a large randomized study in Mozambique has found. The results were presented at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections last month in Seattle.
AIDS 2016: Access to Home Testing Doubles Frequency of HIV Testing Among Australian Gay Men
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Tuesday, 02 August 2016 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
A randomized trial conducted with Australian gay men has shown that easy access to self-testing kits can double the frequency with which men test for HIV, with an even greater increase among men who used to test infrequently, Muhammad Jamil of the Kirby Institute reported at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) last month in Durban.
CROI 2017: How Should HIV Self-Testing Be Provided?
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Tuesday, 28 February 2017 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
At a session on HIV self-testing at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections this month in Seattle, researchers presented findings from studies looking at some of the unanswered questions about self-testing and how best to implement it, with examples from Malawi and the United States.
June 27 Is National HIV Testing Day
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Thursday, 23 June 2016 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day (#NHTD), an opportunity to promote HIV screening and awareness of its importance as a gateway to the continuum of care. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 out of 8 of the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV do not know they are infected, putting their long-term health at risk.
World AIDS Day: World Health Organization Urges Scale-Up of HIV Self-Testing
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Tuesday, 29 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week launched new guidelines encouraging countries to support self-testing in an effort to get more people to learn their HIV status -- the first step toward getting on effective treatment, achieving viral suppression, halting disease progression, and preventing onward HIV transmission. WHO estimates that only 60% of people with HIV are aware of their status, and says that self-testing can help countries meet the UN target of diagnosing 90% of all people with HIV by 2020.
Diagnosis of Early HIV Infections May Have Contributed to Fall in Incidence in San Diego
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- Category: HIV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 00:00
- Written by Michael Carter
An HIV testing program targeting individuals with acute or early infection likely contributed to a decline in incident or new infections in San Diego after 2008, investigators report in the May 11 online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The Early Test initiative involved negative HIV antibody tests being rescreened using nucleic acid testing (NAT) -- a technique capable of detecting new HIV infections within 7-10 days after exposure.
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