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Understanding HIVAIDS testing and counseling standards in Kenya

News about the quality of HIV test kits in Kenya has the potential to unsettle any previous and recent users. The mortal fear that one might have unwittingly exposed themselves to HIV is ...
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Trinity Biotech Welcomes TrinScreen HIV’s Inclusion In The New Kenyan HIV Testing Algorithm

DUBLIN, Ireland, March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trinity Biotech plc (TRIB) (the “Company”), a leading developer and manufacturer of diagnostic products for the point-of-care and clinical ...
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Expedite enforcement of new HIV testing methods

In November 2024, the Office of the Director General at the Ministry of Health issued a circular directing leaders of hospitals and district health officials to adopt a new HIV testing algorithm that ...
JSTOR Daily

Evaluation of Rapid Testing Algorithms for Venue-based Anonymous HIV Testing among Non-HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS), 2017

HIV rapid testing algorithms (RTAs) using any two orthogonal rapid tests (RTs) allow for on-site confirmation of infection. RTs vary in performance characteristics therefore the selection of RTs in an ...
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Limitations of Rapid Testing

The performance characteristics of a sequential rapid HIV-testing algorithm were poorer than anticipated in a Ugandan study, perhaps due to false-positive results from tests with "faint bands." Rapid ...