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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.

Published
14 December 2012
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
HIV treatment in children
Achieving an AIDS-free generation: Don't forget children living with HIV

Since 2005, the number of children living with HIV receiving lifesaving treatment has quadrupled. But still, only 28 percent of the nearly two million children in need of lifelong HIV treatment are getting it.

Published
10 December 2012
From
The Hill
Diagnosing children
Trial of HIV test for babies in Africa could make a big difference

The first-of-a-kind test will deliver a diagnosis in less than an hour while mother and child are still in the clinic -- and, if all goes well, could dramatically improve the rates in which infected infants are diagnosed and treated.The test is a miniaturized, inexpensive version of the p24 HIV test and is designed specifically for use in developing countries.

Published
29 October 2012
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Diagnosing children
Northwestern team develops fast HIV test for infants in Africa

In sub-Saharan Africa, it can take up to three months for mothers to learn whether their babies have been infected with the virus. Now researchers are about to unveil a new HIV test for infants which promises to produce a result in less than an hour at a palatable cost.

Published
26 October 2012
From
Chicago Tribune
Diagnosing children
False-negative confirmatory HIV tests in children are frequent after starting ART

False-negative rapid antibody tests, in the absence of virologic testing at the age of 18 months, in children receiving antiretroviral treatment can result in interruption of treatment, and

Published
19 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Diagnosing children
Symptom screen frequently misses HIV in children and delays treatment, Kenyan study shows

Clinical diagnosis of HIV infection in infants performed poorly and resulted in delayed diagnosis when compared to virologic testing,  a prospective cohort study conducted in Kenya has

Published
13 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Diagnosing children
Uninfected Infants May Carry Maternal HIV Antibodies Beyond 18 Months

A significant percentage of infants born to HIV-infected mothers still have maternal HIV antibodies well beyond 18 months of age, which is the cutoff for the surveillance case definition for HIV infection currently used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published
24 August 2012
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
Diagnosing children
HIV testing at immunisation clinics: an opportunity to identify women and infants who are falling through the cracks?

Research from Malawi further strengthens the case for using infant immunisation clinics as a key site for maternal and early infant HIV diagnosis, the Nineteenth International AIDS

Published
02 August 2012
By
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Retention and linkage to care
HIV treatment for children: how programmes are improving diagnosis and retention

“It is unacceptable that children at this point in time are not receiving treatment,” René Ekpini of UNICEF told a satellite session supported by UNICEF, IAS-ILF and MSH

Published
27 July 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Diagnosing children
UNITAID commits US$140 million to bring HIV diagnostic technologies to the ‘point of care’

“UNITAID has announced major investment for cutting-edge point-of-care diagnostic tools essential for better treatment, better detection of resistance, better quality of care in people living with HIV

Published
24 July 2012
By
Theo Smart
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