are participants in a street-based hiv testing program able to perform their own rapid test and interpret the results参与者在一个街头艾滋病毒检测程序能够执行自己的快速测试和解释结果.pdfVIP

Are Participants in a Street-Based HIV Testing Program Able to Perform Their Own Rapid Test and Interpret the Results? 1,2 ´ 3 2,4 ´ 1,2 1 ´ Luis de la Fuente , Marıa Elena Rosales-Statkus , Juan Hoyos *, Jose Pulido , Sara Santos , Marıa ´ 1,2 2,4 ´ 1 ´ ´ 2,4 Jose Bravo , Gregorio Barrio , Sonia Fernandez-Balbuena , Marıa Jose Belza , the Madrid Rapid HIV Testing Group ´ ´ ´ 1 Centro Nacional de Epidemiologıa, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 2 CIBER Epidemiologıa y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain, 3 Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, ´ Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San Jose y Santa Adela, Madrid, Spain, 4 Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Abstract Objective: Availability of over-the-counter rapid HIV tests could improve access to testing those reluctant or unable to use current services. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of HIV self-testing using a finger-stick whole-blood rapid test (DetermineTM HIV Combo) to detect both antigen and antibody. Methods: Before being tested, 313 participants in a street-based testing program were given adapted instructions and a test kit, and performed the self-test without supervision. These participants, together with another 207 who performed supervised self-testing, received additional instructions on how to interpret the test results shown in six colour phot