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A community-based program shows the merits of adding unpooled NAAT to antibody testing — and of providing negative results via the Internet or voice mail.

Detection of acute and early HIV infection, despite its importance, has been difficult to accomplish. Pooled nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) has proven effective in several pilot studies (JW AIDS Clin Care May 11 2005 and Dec 18 2006), but it has not been broadly implemented in HIV testing programs, in part because of cost and laboratory requirements (JW AIDS Clin Care Jan 11 2010). In addition, NAAT results are not immediately available, and experience with other HIV testing strategies suggests that as many as 40% of the individuals tested will not return for their results. Now, a report from San Diego describes the use of unpooled NAAT and the delivery of negative results via the Internet and voice mail within a community-based …

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Carlos del Rio, MD

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Grant/Research SupportNIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse

Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes; Vaccines

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesInternational Antiviral Society–USA (Board of Directors); Infectious Diseases Society of America (Past President)

Carlos del Rio, MD

Disclosures

Grant/Research SupportNIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse

Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes; Vaccines

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesInternational Antiviral Society–USA (Board of Directors); Infectious Diseases Society of America (Past President)

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