Updated CDC guidelines on PEP after nonoccupational HIV exposure address newer ART agents and clinical considerations for patients with a history of long-acting ART.

It’s important to respect the evidence generated and advanced by both WHO and UVRI to endorse the new algorithm, assess and recommend the available RDTs for use in the response. Thank you for reading ...

The performance characteristics of a sequential rapid HIV-testing algorithm were poorer than anticipated in a Ugandan study, perhaps due to false-positive results from tests with "faint bands." ...

This new algorithm establishes Trinity Biotech’s TrinScreen HIV as the screening test (A1 = screen test under World Health Organisation (“WHO”) guidelines). The Kenyan HIV screening ...

The addition of nucleic acid amplification testing to an HIV testing algorithm significantly increases the identification of cases of infection without impairing the performance of diagnostic testing.

most isolated positive RNA test results were false positives," he said. "Guidelines for HIV testing in the context of long-acting cabotegravir PrEP should consider these performance characteristics." ...

"These bloods can be automatically added into an HIV testing algorithm." One other solution may be to make tests available in pharmacies as well as at family doctors' offices and public health ...

This new algorithm establishes Trinity Biotech's TrinScreen HIV as the screening test (A1 = screen test under World Health Organisation (“WHO”) guidelines). The Kenyan HIV screening programme ...