Open AccessHIV oral self-screening test among HIV/STD/TB clinic attendees
Author(s) -
Amrita Rao,
Shashikant Patil,
Amit Nirmalkar,
Rajani Bagul,
Ujjwala Ghule,
Narayan Panchal,
Samiran Panda
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_3131_21
Subject(s) - medicine , test (biology) , confidence interval , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , tuberculosis , family medicine , pathology , paleontology , biology
Globally, several countries consider HIV self-test as an important element in the toolbox to end AIDS by 2030. Against this background, the present investigation was conducted to pilot test the performance of an indigenous HIV oral self-test (HIVOST) and explore its acceptability. The overall purpose was to examine if this kit could serve as a promising tool and merit future larger clinical evaluation.