USPSTF Recommends Screening for HIV in People at Increased Risk

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has been releasing new and updated guidelines periodically (guidelines homepage).

The USPSTF concludes each of its guidelines with a recommendation, graded as follows:

A — The intervention is strongly recommended.

B — The intervention is recommended.

C — The USPSTF makes no recommendation for or against the intervention.

D — The intervention is not routinely recommended.

I — Evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against the intervention.

The USPSTF recommends that clinicians offer screening for HIV infection to all adolescents and adults at increased risk and to all pregnant women. (All pregnant women are included, even those not otherwise at increased risk, because antiretroviral treatment, …