Public Health Rationale for Rapid Nucleic Acid or p24 Antigen Tests for HIV

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Rapid diagnostic tests that might be capable of detecting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigens or nucleic acids represent the possibility of merging 2 key advancements in HIV testing: rapid testing and detection of acute HIV infection. In this article, we review the public health goals of rapid HIV testing and acute HIV testing and explore how rapid tests to directly detect HIV antigens or nucleic acids...

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