HIV Testing After a First Positive Rapid Diagnostic Test: A Role for Nucleic Acid Testing?

We developed an open-access, Excel-based model simulating currently recommended and alternative algorithms for adult HIV testing as a preliminary investigation of trade-offs between accuracy and costs. Despite higher costs, simpler HIV testing algorithms incorporating point of care nucleic acid test...

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Autores principales: Neilan, Anne M, Cohn, Jennifer E, Lemaire, Jean-Francois, Sacks, Emma, Alban, Rebecca, Freedberg, Kenneth A, Walensky, Rochelle P, Ciaranello, Andrea L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6114195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30182030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy170
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Sumario:We developed an open-access, Excel-based model simulating currently recommended and alternative algorithms for adult HIV testing as a preliminary investigation of trade-offs between accuracy and costs. Despite higher costs, simpler HIV testing algorithms incorporating point of care nucleic acid testing may improve outcomes and thus merit additional research and field testing.

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