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Information about different HIV testing technologies, including their accuracy in the context of recent infection. Antibody/antigen laboratory tests are extremely accurate, while point-of-care (rapid) tests, self-testing and self-sampling services are more convenient for many people.

PrEP science

HIV infections acquired while on injectable PrEP may take a very long time to be spotted

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27 February 2023
PrEP science

Two different cases of PrEP failure despite high adherence underline that such events are rare, but should not be ignored

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4 September 2020
PrEP science

Diagnostic challenges with PrEP use during early HIV infection

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18 March 2020
PrEP science

Taking PrEP during acute HIV infection for more than 2-3 weeks is likely to cause resistance, Thai study finds

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13 March 2020
Self-testing & home testing

Two thirds prefer self-testing over self-sampling

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17 October 2019
Types of HIV tests

Home tests aren’t an accurate way for people on HIV treatment to check they still have HIV

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23 July 2019
Self-testing & home testing

Giving gay men self-test kits increases testing by 50% – but STI tests decrease

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21 August 2018
Types of HIV tests

HIV self-testing is greatly preferred to clinic testing by young South African bi/gay men

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2 July 2018
HIV testing policies & guidelines

PrEP may make it hard to tell if someone has an HIV infection

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23 May 2018
Self-testing & home testing

Can self-testing engage 'hard-to-reach' men with HIV testing?

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25 July 2017
Retention & linkage to care

Gay men using HIV self-tests promptly seek confirmatory testing and linkage to care, New York data suggests

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17 July 2017
Types of HIV tests

Avoiding false positives: rapid HIV tests vary in their accuracy, so need to be used in combination

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2 May 2017
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Simple risk score can identify gay men who may have acute HIV infection

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7 March 2017
Self-testing & home testing

World Health Organization urges scale-up of HIV self-testing

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29 November 2016
Self-testing & home testing

Self-sampling for HIV testing popular with gay men who have not recently tested, but less uptake by African people

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15 November 2016
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Where would gay men prefer to take their next HIV test?

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15 September 2016
Self-testing & home testing

Access to HIV home tests doubles the frequency of HIV testing in Australian gay men

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24 July 2016
Self-testing & home testing

Market constraints and uncertainties may limit the scale-up of HIV self-testing

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21 July 2016
Types of HIV tests

First data on uptake of HIV self-testing in the UK

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26 April 2016
Self-testing & home testing

HIV self-testing may help the 'hard to reach' learn their status, but uncertainties remain

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26 July 2015
Types of HIV tests

First HIV home test approved for sale in UK

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24 April 2015
Self-testing & home testing

What needs to be done to make HIV self-testing a reality?

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28 July 2014
Self-testing & home testing

Home sampling for HIV testing – high demand, 1 in 60 are HIV positive

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4 April 2014
Self-testing & home testing

Self-testing encourages very high uptake of HIV testing in Malawi study

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7 March 2014