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 ...
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 ...
Between 2010 and 2017, there were 327,700 new HIV infections in the United States. Of these, HIV-2 infections accounted for less than 0.03% of the total. It is important to differentiate which HIV ...
While COVID-19 continues to be the most pressing diagnostic focus for clinical laboratories, HIV remains a serious global health concern with 1.5 million new HIV infections in 2020. The early ...
Assoumou is an infectious diseases physician-scientist at Boston Medical Center. Miller is a research data associate within Dr. Assoumou’s I-CARE (Infectious Complications Assessment and Research) lab ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite guidelines recommending periodic laboratory testing in patients with HIV on ART, it may be beneficial to ...
CD4 tests is strongly recommended as the preferred method to identify advanced HIV disease among people living with HIV, said the WHO.
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...
The government targets to end HIV by 2030, a time when more than1.3 million Kenyans are living with the disease, with 22,154 new infections reported last year. As Kenya races against time to eradicate ...