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Information about both the tests that are used to diagnose HIV and those used to monitor the health of people living with HIV, including viral load and CD4 counts.

Epidemiology & behaviour

Testing for HIV does not increase condom use – but testing HIV positive does

Editor's pick
Avert
26 November 2020
Testing & health monitoring

Study: Delay lab tests in low-risk HIV patients to minimize COVID-19 exposure

Editor's pick
Healio
24 November 2020
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Almost half of HIV diagnoses in Europe are late, with serious impact on health outcomes

News
18 November 2020
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

Sexually transmitted infections and HIV

About HIV
November 2020
Self-testing & home testing

1st HIV self-test approved in Canada

Editor's pick
CBC
4 November 2020
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Acute HIV Cases Double in Emergency Department. Is COVID-19 Responsible?

Editor's pick
Medscape (requires free registration)
27 October 2020
Access to healthcare

European AIDS Treatment Group documents the impact of COVID on HIV services throughout Europe

News
12 October 2020
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

Self-sampling for STIs in the rectum and throat as diagnostically accurate as sampling by a clinician

News
1 October 2020
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

CD4 count testing has reduced with only a modest increase in viral load monitoring in southern Africa

News
23 September 2020
Taking an HIV test

Researchers explore the acceptability of delivering HIV-positive results by phone

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Medical Xpress
17 September 2020
HIV testing programmes & uptake

South Africa: Covid-19 sets HIV treatment and testing back

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Mail & Guardian
14 September 2020
Self-testing & home testing

Kenya: Providing sex workers with HIV self-tests leads to high levels of partner testing

Editor's pick
Avert
14 September 2020
PrEP science

Two different cases of PrEP failure despite high adherence underline that such events are rare, but should not be ignored

News
4 September 2020
The search for a cure

Elite controllers may self-vaccinate against active HIV infection, gene study suggests

News
28 August 2020
Viral load

South Africa: Half of people living with HIV who need a repeat viral load test received it late

Editor's pick
Avert
26 August 2020
Transgender people

Large numbers of transgender MSM have never tested for HIV or STIs

News
20 August 2020
HIV testing programmes & uptake

67 homeless people in Merseyside now on HIV and Hepatitis C treatment plans

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ITV
19 August 2020
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

As a Refugee to Canada, I Had to Take an HIV Test That Made Me Contemplate My Future

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TheBody
19 August 2020
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Quarterly HIV Testing for High-Risk Young Gay and Bi Men Is Cost Effective

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POZ
19 August 2020
Transgender people

In the US 58% of trans men and 35% of trans women are familiar with PrEP

News
5 August 2020
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Data reveal 'missed opportunities' to detect HCV among newly diagnosed patients with HIV

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Healio
21 July 2020
Low & theoretical transmission risks

HIV testing people who spit at police or health workers won't actually protect them

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The Conversation
15 July 2020
Diagnosing infants & children

Finding the missing children: paediatric index testing expands in Africa

News
10 July 2020
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Survey: Two-Thirds of US Adults Have Not Received HIV Testing

Editor's pick
Contagion Live
8 July 2020