HIV testing: the cornerstone of HIV prevention efforts in the USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Future Virol
• Personal Author:
  Heffelfinger, James D ; Owen, S Michele ; Hendry, R Michael ; Lansky, Amy
• Description:
  An estimated 1.2 million persons in the USA are infected with HIV, of whom approximately 20% are unaware they are infected. HIV testing and knowledge of HIV serostatus have important individual and public health benefits, including reduction of morbidity, mortality and HIV transmission. Although testing is the necessary first step to prevention, more than half of the US adult population has never been tested for HIV. However, this proportion is increasing due to revised national recommendations to make HIV testing a routine part of healthcare, expansion of testing efforts at local, state and national levels, and progress in the development and adoption of new testing technologies. In this article, we describe the essential role of HIV testing as a public health prevention strategy, examine recent advances in HIV testing technologies and testing implementation, and identify future directions for HIV testing in the USA.
• Keywords:
  Acute HIV Infection HIV Diagnostics HIV Prevention HIV Testing Linkage To Care Retention In Care
• Source:
  Future Virol. 6(11)
• Pubmed ID:
  37965646
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10644277
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f5f0c94314eea4fa0d2bd840fad455894ac583083d4a448c16fb97f151f4378e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/135507/cdc_135507_DS1.pdf
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