Open AccessEvaluation of the Performance of OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2 Test Among Decedents in Kisumu, Kenya
Author(s) -
Valarie Opollo,
Emmanuel Nyakeriga,
Leonard Kingwara,
Alex Sila,
Macxine Oguta,
Boaz Oyaro,
Dickens Onyango,
Frankline O Mboya,
Anthony Waruru,
Paul Musingila,
Mary Mwangome,
Lilly M. Nyagah,
Catherine Ngugi,
Solomon Sava,
Wanjiru Waruiru,
Peter W. Young,
Muthoni Junghae
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002857
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gold standard (test) , population , referral , predictive value , positive predicative value , demography , immunology , environmental health , family medicine , sociology
Estimating cause-related mortality among the dead is not common, yet for clinical and public health purposes, a lot can be learnt from the dead. HIV/AIDS accounted for the third most frequent cause of deaths in Kenya; 39.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2019. OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2 has previously been validated on oral fluid and implemented as a screening assay for HIV self-testing in Kenya among living subjects. We assessed the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2 for HIV screening among decedents.