Guidelines for using HIV testing technologies in surveillance selection, evaluation and implementation
As the HIV/AIDS epidemic imposes an ever-larger burden globally, surveillance for HIV becomes more critical in order to understand the trends of the epidemic and make sound decisions on how best to respond to it. This is especially true in low- and middle-income countries, which account for a dispro...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Geneva :
World Health Organization
2009.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- Aim and Objectives
- Target audience
- Methodology
- 2. Overview of HIV testing in HIV serosurveillance
- 2.1 Objectives of HIV testing
- 2.2 HIV testing approaches
- 2.3 Populations surveyed
- 2.4 Prospects for estimating HIV-1 incidence using laboratory-based tests
- 3. Specimens used for HIV testing
- 3.1 Selecting specimens
- 3.2 Collecting, processing and storing blood, serum and plasma specimens
- 3.3 Collecting and storing oral fluid
- 3.4 Labelling and recording collected specimens
- 4. Current HIV Testing Technologies and Strategies Used in Surveillance
- 4.1 HIV testing technologies for surveillance purposes
- 4.2 HIV testing strategies for surveillance
- 5. Selection and Evaluation of HIV Testing Technologies Used in HIV Surveillance
- 5.1 How to select tests
- 5.2 Country evaluation of selected tests
- 6. Laboratory Quality Assurance and Safety
- 6.1 National quality assurance
- 6.2 Laboratory quality assurance
- 6.3 Safety procedures
- Appendix Standard Precautions for Prevention of Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus and Other Bloodborne Pathogens in Health-Care Settings
- Glossary
- References.
