Rapid HIV-1 Testing During Labor<SUBTITLE>A Multicenter Study</SUBTITLE>

Rapid HIV-1 testing during labor: a multicenter study.

CONTEXT Timely testing of women in labor with undocumented human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status could enable immediate provision of antiretroviral prophylaxis. OBJECTIVES To determine the feasibility and acceptance of rapid HIV testing among women in labor and to assess rapid HIV assay performance. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS The Mother-Infant Rapid Intervention At Delivery (MIRIAD) ...

Misdiagnosis of HIV infection during a South African community-based survey: implications for rapid HIV testing

INTRODUCTION We describe the overall accuracy and performance of a serial rapid HIV testing algorithm used in community-based HIV testing in the context of a population-based household survey conducted in two sub-districts of uMgungundlovu district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, against reference fourth-generation HIV-1/2 antibody and p24 antigen combination immunoassays. We discuss implications...

Rapid HIV testing in the dental setting.

The effect of rapid HIV-1 testing on uptake of perinatal HIV-1 interventions: a randomized clinical trial.

OBJECTIVE We examined whether HIV-1 testing using a rapid assay increases the proportion of pregnant women obtaining HIV-1 results and the uptake of perinatal HIV-1 interventions. METHODS Pregnant women attending public health clinics in Nairobi were offered voluntary counselling and testing for HIV-1. Consenting women were randomly assigned to receive either rapid or conventional HIV-1 testi...

A Simple and Rapid Method for the Detection of HIV-1/HCV in Co-Infected Patients

  Background: Due to some limitations of serological methods in diagnosis of patients infected with HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus) and HCV (hepatitis C virus), it is profoundly important to use molecular methods for the detecting of these infectious agents. However, the most significant problems are the exorbitant cost of these methods and the need of a thermocycler which is an expensive...