HIV Testing
- HIV Testing 101
- HIV Testing Basics
- HIV Screening and Testing
- Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings
HIV testing is important to identify persons who are HIV positive so they can initiate HIV treatment, and to identify persons who are HIV negative, and if also at substantial risk of acquiring an HIV infection, can be offered PrEP and other risk reduction interventions.
High Impact Interventions
Interventions with demonstrated potential to lower the risk of acquiring an HIV infection.
HIV Care Continuum
The HIV care continuum consists of several steps required to achieve a suppressed viral load in the blood: linkage to and engagement in clinical care and taking HIV medications.
- Page last reviewed: June 12, 2018
- Page last updated: June 12, 2018
- Content source: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention