HIV rapid testing algorithms (RTAs) using any two orthogonal rapid tests (RTs) allow for on-site confirmation of infection. RTs vary in performance characteristics therefore the selection of RTs in an ...

The performance characteristics of a sequential rapid HIV-testing algorithm were poorer than anticipated in a Ugandan study, perhaps due to false-positive results from tests with "faint bands." Rapid ...

This retrospective study evaluated real-world implementation of the updated CDC HIV algorithm in a large US laboratory. Objectives: To understand real-world implementation of the updated CDC HIV ...

Impaired antibody response in an AIDS patient compromised the accuracy of the test. The OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test has transformed HIV testing from a cumbersome process to a rapid ...

One in every 50 people screened for a suspected sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital was found to be infected with HIV using a rapid blood sample ...

A team of Northwestern University scientists spanning disciplines have developed new technology that could lead to the creation of a rapid point-of-care test for HIV infection competitive with ...

The thought of robots taking over our jobs—and doing them better than we ever could—isn’t always a particularly welcoming thought. One major exception is when artificial intelligence software can ...

Cornelis A. Rietmeijer, More Mungati, Peter H. Kilmarx, Beth Tippett Barr, Elizabeth Gonese, Ranmini S. Kularatne, David A. Lewis, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Luanne Rodgers ...

MINSK, 30 November (BelTA) – Belarus has plans to alter the HIV testing algorithm, Vyacheslav Grankov, Program Coordinator for Communicable Diseases of the WHO Country Office in Belarus, told ...

In accordance with the July 2015 WHO Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services, individuals who test (including a self-test) in the window period (6 to12 weeks’ period before individuals develop ...