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Point-of-care HIV RNA testing and immediate antiretroviral therapy initiation in young adults seeking out-patient care in Kenya
- Abstract:
- We evaluated outcomes of an HIV-1-testing intervention using rapid HIV tests followed by point-of-care Xpert Qual testing for HIV-1 RNA. Of 706 young urgent-care seeking participants evaluated, 24 (3.4%) had chronic HIV (antibody-positive), 3 (0.4%) acute HIV-1 (Qual-positive, antibody-negative), and 3 (0.4%) early HIV-1 infection (Qual-positive, antibody-discordant). Overall, 21 (70.0%) diagnosed patients started antiretroviral therapy after a median of 4 days (range 0-71). HIV-1 RNA testing led to an increase in confirmed diagnoses by 25%.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002110
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- Publisher:
- Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins
- Journal:
- AIDS More from this journal
- Volume:
- 33
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 923-926
- Publication date:
- 2019-04-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-11-16
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-5571
- ISSN:
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0269-9370
- Pmid:
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30882493
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English
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pubs:987331
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pubs:987331
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987331
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- Sanders et al
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- © 2019 The Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 92
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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