Types of HIV tests

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  Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics are essential to achieving an AIDS-free generation and improving outcomes in HIV-exposed children

  This edition reviews recent evidence on point-of-care testing, on tests in development, and looks at experience of optimising performance of dried blood spot sampling....

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  HIV home tests – how will they be used?

  This week the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, which will be sold over the counter and used without medical supervision, received its final approval from the Food and...

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• Over-the-counter blood test for HIV may be feasible, Spanish study finds

  A study from Madrid has found that 92% of people taking an HIV test could obtain a valid result by testing themselves with the kind of fingerprick point-of-care blood test used at clinics, without any instruction except the brochure ...

  26 October 2012 | Gus Cairns

• More evidence that rapid ‘combination’ test often fails to detect acute HIV infection

  A rapid, point-of-care test, which aims to reduce the ‘window period’ through the detection of both antibodies and p24 antigen has poor performance in a UK clinical setting, Clifford Bryn Jones and colleagues report in the advance online edition ...

  23 October 2012 | Roger Pebody

• Will MSM use over-the-counter rapid HIV tests to screen sexual partners?

  If men who have sex with men (MSM) have the option of using rapid HIV testing to screen potential sexual partners, will they do so? Until recently this was a hypothetical question. But in early July, the US Food and ...

  26 July 2012 | Kelly Safreed-Harmon

• HIV home tests – how will they be used?

  This week the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, which will be sold over the counter and used without medical supervision, received its final approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), meaning that it can be legally sold in the ...

  07 July 2012 | Roger Pebody

• US regulators set to approve HIV home-testing kit

  HIV home testing is soon likely to become legal in the United States, following a unanimous vote in support of the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test by a panel of experts advising the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The test ...

  16 May 2012 | Roger Pebody

• Results of tests for recent HIV infection can be safely given to patients

  Results from the Recent Infection Testing Algorithm (RITA) can be discussed with newly-diagnosed patients, UK clinicians say. Although RITA was designed for use in monitoring at a population level and does not give consistently accurate results to individuals, sharing the ...

  23 March 2012 | Roger Pebody

• Rapid HIV test performance poorer with oral fluid than blood, especially when prevalence is low

  The performance of OraQuick, a widely used rapid point-of-care test for HIV diagnosis, is slightly poorer when testing oral fluid samples than when testing blood samples, according to a meta-analysis published in the online edition of Lancet Infectious Diseases this ...

  25 January 2012 | Roger Pebody

• Rapid ‘combination’ test fails to detect many cases of acute HIV infection

  A rapid, point-of-care test, which aims to reduce the ‘window period’ through the detection of both antibodies and p24 antigen has poor performance in a clinical setting, researchers report in an article published online ahead of print by the ...

  06 January 2012 | Roger Pebody

• Self-testing for HIV proves highly acceptable in Malawi

  Self-testing for HIV under supervision using an oral test proved highly acceptable in Malawi, and could form the basis for wider and more regular testing in countries severely affected by HIV, researchers reported on Monday at the Eighteenth Conference on ...

  28 February 2011 | Keith Alcorn

• Is self-testing for HIV on the way in Africa?

  Self-testing for HIV using oral tests could radically increase HIV testing rates in tuberculosis programmes, TB researchers argued this weekend at the 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health in Berlin. Similarly, community sputum collection points where individuals can go to ...

  15 November 2010 | Keith Alcorn

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• Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive

  Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison. But state officials have questioned the validity of the testing procedure used.

  24 May 2013 | Wall Street Journal

• Why Australia needs home-based HIV testing

  Getting people tested more often is crucial in reducing HIV infections. With rapid HIV testing recently approved for a trial in Australia, experts are now pushing for the approval of home-based HIV testing.

  03 May 2013 | Gay News Network

• The Week I Had HIV

  Misdiagnoses are a rare but intractable problem. Here’s what happened to me.

  04 April 2013 | Slate Magazine

• Kenya: Ministry Buys Unapproved HIV Test Kits

  The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation has announced the adoption of new HIV testing test kits that have not been approved by the World Health Organisation. "We fear that considerations other than to have the best kits available to Kenyans may be at play," said a doctor on condition of anonymity.

  03 April 2013 | AllAfrica

• Is the UK Ready for HIV Home Testing Kits?

  Despite the logistical and regulatory minefield, I would argue that we need the option of home testing. What we are currently doing simply isn't working!

  07 February 2013 | Huffington Post

• Ugandan authorities concerned as HIV self-test kits hit the market

  The sale of HIV test kits to the public by private chemists in Uganda is causing concern among health officials, who feel that HIV testing should remain in the hands of professionals and be accompanied by counselling.

  07 February 2013 | Plus News

• Handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing

  A new handheld mobile device can check patients’ HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records.

  21 January 2013 | Science Daily

• Rapid test for HIV approved in Australia

  Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek announced the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had approved for marketing the Alere Determine Combo HIV 1/2 Ag/Ab test, which will give people a preliminary result within 30 minutes.

  17 December 2012 | The Australian

• UK team receives funding to develop HIV detection device

  A British team is developing a handheld device for detecting HIV in the early stages of infection. The researchers claim that this will combine the speed of existing point-of-care testing devices.

  13 December 2012 | The Engineer

• HIV Testing At Home In Africa Is Highly Acceptable

  Many people in sub-Saharan Africa are accepting voluntary counseling and testing for HIV at home, showing the potential this method has of dramatically increasing awareness of HIV status among people who are undiagnosed.

  06 December 2012 | Medical News Today

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