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ArticleThe Journal of infection2016

Acute infections, cost and time to reporting of HIV test results in three U.S. State Public Health Laboratories.

Muazzam Nasrullah, Laura G Wesolowski, Steven F Ethridge, Kevin Cranston, Michael Pentella, Robert A Myers, James T Rudrik, Angela B Hutchinson, Spencer B Bennett, Barbara G Werner

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Article in The Journal of infection, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Performance of the Current Algorithm of HIV Diagnosis.Iranian journal of public health · 2024
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  2. Novel Criteria for Diagnosing Acute and Early Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in a Multinational Study of Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Muazzam NasrullahDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: snasrullah@cdc.gov.
Laura G WesolowskiDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Steven F EthridgeDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kevin CranstonMassachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Michael PentellaMassachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Robert A MyersMaryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, USA.
James T RudrikMichigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI, USA.
Angela B HutchinsonDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD & TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Spencer B BennettFlorida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Barbara G WernerMassachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health · USNational Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USFlorida Department of Health · USMaryland Department of Health · USMichigan Department of Health and Human Services · US

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIn three U.S. State Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) using a fourth-generation immunoassay (IA), an HIV-1/HIV-2 differentiation antibody IA and a nucleic acid test (NAT), we characterized the yield and time to reporting of acute infections, and cost per positive specimen.

methodsRoutine HIV testing data were collected from July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013 for Massachusetts and Maryland PHLs, and from November 27, 2012-June 30, 2013 for Michigan PHL. Massachusetts and Michigan used fourth-generation and differentiation IAs with NAT conducted by a referral laboratory. In Maryland, fourth-generation IA repeatedly reactive specimens were followed by a Western blot (WB), and those with negative or indeterminate results were tested with a differentiation IA and HIV-1 NAT, and if positive by NAT, confirmed by a different HIV-1 NAT. Specimens from WB-positive persons at risk for HIV-2 were tested with a differentiation IA and, if positive, with an HIV-2 WB and/or differential HIV-1/HIV-2 proviral DNA polymerase chain reaction.

resultsAmong 7914 specimens from Massachusetts PHL, 6069 from Michigan PHL, and 36,266 from Maryland PHL, 0.10%, 0.02% and 0.05% acute infections were identified, respectively. Massachusetts and Maryland PHLs each had 1 HIV-2 positive specimen. The median time from specimen receipt to laboratory reporting of results for acute infections at Massachusetts, Michigan and Maryland PHLs was 8, 11, and 7 days respectively. The laboratory cost per HIV positive specimen was $336 (Massachusetts), $263 (Michigan) and $210 (Maryland).

conclusionsAcute and established infections were found by PHLs using fourth-generation IA in conjunction with antibody tests and NAT. Time to reporting of acute HIV test results to clients was suboptimal, and needs to be streamlined to expedite treatment and interrupt transmission.

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Clinical Laboratory ServicesAcute DiseaseAlgorithmsBlotting, WesternHIV-1HIV-2HIV AntibodiesHIV InfectionsHumansImmunoassayMass ScreeningNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesRNA, ViralSensitivity and SpecificityTime FactorsUnited StatesHIV AntibodiesRNA, ViralAcute infectionsCostFourth-generation immunoassayHIV testing algorithmsTime to reporting

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PMCPMC4994193
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