Laboratory Tests
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This section focuses on FDA-approved diagnostic HIV tests for use in moderate and high complexity laboratories.
Laboratory Testing Guidance
- New Item January 2018 2018 Quick Reference Guide: Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens
- APHL Suggested Reporting Language for the HIV Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Algorithm
- Full Version of the Laboratory Testing for the Diagnosis of HIV Infection: Updated Recommendations
- Technical Update on HIV-1/2 Differentiation Assays, August 2016
- Technical Update: Use of the Determine HIV 1/2 Ag/Ab Combo Test with Serum or Plasma in the Laboratory Algorithm for HIV Diagnosis
FDA Approved HIV Tests
- Updated June 2018 Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Types of HIV tests
- Updated March 2018 Laboratory Screening Tests
- Laboratory Screening Tests
- Supplemental Tests for Laboratory Settings
- Moderate Complexity Rapid HIV Tests for Clinical Settings
- Updated June 2018 CLIA-waived rapid HIV tests
Resources
- Fact Sheet: False Positive HIV Test Results
- Selecting an HIV Test: A Narrative Review for Clinicians and Researchers
- The Evolution of HIV Testing Continues
- Highlights from the 2016 HIV diagnostics conference: The new landscape of HIV testing in laboratories, public health programs and clinical practice
- New HIV Testing Technologies: Implications for your Laboratory
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) HIV Testing Resources (includes recent manufacturer news)
- Detection of Acute HIV Infection in Two Evaluations of a New HIV Diagnostic Testing Algorithm — United States, 2011–2013
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2013 Journal of Clinical Virology Supplement: HIV Laboratory Diagnosis: New Tests and a New Algorithm.
(Select year 2013 then Vol. 58 December, 2013 p.e1-e134-Supplement 1) - HIV Diagnostics Conference
- Page last reviewed: June 15, 2018
- Page last updated: June 15, 2018, 12:00 AM
- Content source: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention