ArticlePloS one2014
Repeat HIV testing at voluntary testing and counseling centers in Croatia: successful HIV prevention or failure to modify risk behaviors?
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- HIV testing strategies employed in health care settings in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA): evidence from a systematic review.HIV medicine · 2020Pooled it
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- Increasing integrated testing in community settings through interventions for change, including the Spring European Testing Week.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Challenges and barriers to HIV service uptake and delivery along the HIV care cascade in Cameroon.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- Uptake and determinants for HIV postpartum re-testing among mothers with prenatal negative status in Njombe region, Tanzania.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Correlates of Undiagnosed HIV Infection and Retesting Among Voluntary HIV Testing Clients at Mildmay Clinic, Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- Repeat HIV testing among HIV-uninfected men who have sex with men attending Silom Community Clinic, Bangkok, 2011 - 2014.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2018Article
- Why individuals fail to collect HIV-test results: an exploratory study at a testing and counseling center in Mexico City.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Article
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- The Lisbon Cohort of men who have sex with men.BMJ open · 2015Observational
- Innovative strategies using communications technologies to engage gay men and other men who have sex with men into early HIV testing and treatment in Thailand.Journal of virus eradication · 2015Article
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Abstract
HIV testing plays a critical role in preventing the spread of the virus and identifying infected individuals in need of care. Voluntary counseling and testing centers (VCTs) not only conduct testing but they also provide counseling. Since a proportion of people who test negative for HIV on their previous visit will return for retesting, the frequency of retesting and the characteristics of those who retest may provide insights into the efficacy of testing and counseling strategies. In this cross-sectional, retrospective study of 1,482 VCT clients in Croatia in 2010, 44.3% had been tested for HIV before. The rate of repeat HIV testing is lower in Croatia than in other countries. Men who have sex with men (MSM) clients, those with three or more sexual partners in the last 12 months, consistent condom users with steady partners, and intravenous drug users were more likely to be repeat testers. This finding suggests that clients presenting for repeat HIV testing are those who self-identify as being at a higher risk of infection. Our data showed that testing positive for HIV was not associated with repeat testing. However, the effects of repeat testing on HIV epidemiology needs to be explored.
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