Observations from ID and Beyond: Time to Fix the HIV Testing Algorithm — And Here's How to Do It

Dr. Paul Sax offers a solution for the issue with the current HIV testing algorithm inHIV and ID Observations.

The HIV testing algorithm was improved in 2014, but left a major problem unresolved — what does it mean when a highly sensitive fourth-generation test comes back positive, but the differentiation antibody assay is negative? In the latest HIV and ID Observations blog post, Dr. Paul Sax outlines this problem and tells us how it can be fixed.

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Observations from ID and Beyond: Time to Fix the HIV Testing Algorithm — And Here's How to Do It

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