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- AAAS Meeting Examines Test-and-Treat Model's Potential for Fighting HIV Spread, TB Co-Infection (February 22, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Costs and Effectiveness of Partner Counseling and Referral Services With Rapid Testing for HIV in Colorado and Louisiana, U.S. (November 4, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Implementation of and Barriers to Routine HIV Screening for Adolescents (November 4, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Effects of Written Informed Consent Requirements on HIV Testing Rates: Evidence From a Natural Experiment (August 24, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - HIV Testing Among High School Students -- United States, 2007 (June 26, 2009)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Late HIV Testing -- 34 States, 1996-2005 (June 26, 2009)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Perceived Everyday Racism, Residential Segregation, and HIV Testing Among Patients at a U.S. STD Clinic (May 27, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Clinicians Often Fail to Test for HIV After Diagnosing AIDS-Defining Illnesses, U.S. Study Suggests (February 11, 2009)
Judy Chen, M.D., M.S.H.S., presents an analysis of 7,451 patients enrolled in private U.S. health insurance plans. The study found that clinicians frequently fail to even consider the possibility that a patient may be infected with HIV, even though the patient has been diagnosed with a potentially AIDS-defining event for which there often is virtually no other possible cause.
In The 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - Early Expiration May Be Cause of Unusually High False-Positive Rates on OraQuick Rapid HIV Tests, Study Finds (February 11, 2009)
Experts have long been mystified by the sporadic clusters of false-positive results when using the OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test. But Shelley Facente, M.P.H., and other researchers in California may have found the culprit: The tests appear to significantly lose their specificity as they near their expiration date.
In The 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - Rapid HIV Antibody Testing May Have Limitations in a Population With High Incidence of HIV (February 11, 2009)
An interview with Joanne Stekler, M.D.
In 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - Opt-Out Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the U.S. (August 27, 2008)
In Journal of the American Medical Association - Making HIV Testing Part of All Hospital Admissions at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City (August 5, 2008)
In The XVII International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO - Unique, Statewide Program of Acute HIV Testing and Partner Outreach Finds That Many Acute Infections in North Carolina May Stem From Exposure to Chronically Infected Patients (February 5, 2008)
An Interview With Sandra McCoy, Ph.D.
From The Body PRO - Implementing Routine HIV Testing: The Role of State Law (October 10, 2007)
In PLoS ONE - Rapid HIV Testing Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Men at Gay Pride Events --- Nine U.S. Cities, 2004--2006 (June 22, 2007)
The outreach effort resulted in HIV diagnoses among 6 percent of the 133 people tested.
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Rapid HIV Testing Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Men at Gay Pride Events -- Nine U.S. Cities, 2004-2006 (June 22, 2007)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - HIV Testing in Gay Bath Houses Reaches Underserved Men, Study Says (March 3, 2007)
From aidsmap.com - Latinos Overlooked When It Comes to HIV Testing, Study Finds (PDF) (March 2007)
In Journal of the National Medical Association - HIV Test May Show Which Drugs Work Best (January 8, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Missed Opportunities for Earlier Diagnosis of HIV Infection -- South Carolina, 1997-2005 (December 1, 2006)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Anyone Who Is Hospitalized Should Receive Routine HIV Testing, Study Suggests (April 2006)
In Mayo Clinic Proceedings - HIV JournalView: A Novel -- and Essential -- Method for Spotting Acute HIV Infections (January 2006)
Part of David Wohl, M.D.'s review of the top 10 HIV research reports of 2005.
In HIV JournalView, from The Body PRO - Applying Public Health Principles to the HIV Epidemic (December 1, 2005)
New York health officials urge more aggressive HIV testing and notification in the United States.
In New England Journal of Medicine - Acute HIV Infection Screening May Be Practical in Resource-Limited Settings (July 28, 2005)
The key may lie in pooled HIV RNA amplification testing and p24 antigen testing.
From aidsmap.com - Expanded Screening for HIV in the United States: An Analysis of Cost Effectiveness (February 2005)
From International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - Report of a False-Positive HIV Test Result and the Potential Use of Additional Tests in Establishing HIV Serostatus (August 14/18, 2000)
In Archives of Internal Medicine