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

Anne M. Neilan | Zendy; Jennifer Cohn | Zendy; JeanFrançois Lemaire | Zendy; Emma Sacks | Zendy; Rebecca Alban | Zendy; Kenneth A. Freedberg | Zendy; Rochelle P. Walensky | Zendy; Andrea Ciaranello | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Anne M. Neilan,

Jennifer Cohn,

JeanFrançois Lemaire,

Emma Sacks,

Rebecca Alban,

Kenneth A. Freedberg,

Rochelle P. Walensky,

Andrea Ciaranello

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy170

Subject(s) - point of care testing , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , nucleic acid , nucleic acid amplification tests , test strategy , diagnostic test , test (biology) , reliability engineering , machine learning , computer science , virology , immunology , pediatrics , biology , programming language , paleontology , engineering , biochemistry , software , chlamydia trachomatis

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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