Trial reportBMC research notes2012
Use of a home-use test to diagnose HIV infection in a sex partner: a case report.
Trial report in BMC research notes, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- HIV Self-Testing Increases HIV Testing Frequency in High-Risk Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Trial
- Oral Rapid Self-Testing Intention for HIV Sexual Health Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in Taiwan: A Theory-Driven Comparison of HIV Never-Testers and Ever-Testers.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Supporting treatment adherence for resilience and thriving (START): protocol for a mHealth randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Quantification of HIV-1 RNA Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Using an At-Home Self-Collected Dried Blood Spot Specimen: Feasibility Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2018Article
- "Losing the Phobia:" Understanding How HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Facilitates Bridging the Serodivide Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Detection of HIV RNA in dried blood spots and oral fluids.AIDS (London, England) · 2017Article
- Predictors for Using a HIV Self-Test Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in North Carolina.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
- Black men who have sex with men, sexual risk-taking, and willingness to use rapid home HIV tests.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2015Article
- A review of the evidence of harm from self-tests.AIDS and behavior · 2014Review
- Arguments for and against HIV self-testing.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Review
- Replacing clinic-based tests with home-use tests may increase HIV prevalence among Seattle men who have sex with men: evidence from a mathematical model.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2014Article
- Seroadaptation among men who have sex with men: emerging research themes.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2013Review
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundHome-use HIV tests have the potential to increase testing and may be used by sex partners to inform sexual decision-making. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an individual diagnosed with HIV using a home-use test with a sex partner. CASE PRESENTATION: We are conducting a randomized controlled trial of home self-testing for HIV using the OraQuick ADVANCE® HIV-1/2 Antibody Test on oral fluids. In 2011, a 27-year-old, homeless, Latino man who has sex with men not enrolled in the trial (the case) reported receiving a reactive result from a diverted study kit. When interviewed by study staff, the case reported that, 11 months prior, he had unprotected anal sex with a trial subject without discussing HIV status. Afterwards, the subject asked the case if he would like to test, performed the test, and disclosed the reactive result. The case reported altering his behavior to decrease the risk of HIV transmission to subsequent partners and sought care two months later.
conclusionsThis case demonstrates that home-use HIV tests will be used by sex partners to learn and disclose HIV status and inform sexual decision-making. It also highlights concerns regarding the absence of counseling and the potential for delayed entry into HIV care. Additional research must be done to determine under what circumstances home-use tests can be used to increase awareness of HIV status, how they impact linkage to care among persons newly diagnosed with HIV, and whether they can be safely used to increase the accuracy of serosorting.
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