The new rapid HIV test1 may play a part in putting the genie of a lethal infectious disease
back in the bottle. In the United States, at least, people who feel they are at risk can go to a …

The new rapid HIV test1 may play a part in putting the genie of a lethal infectious disease
back in the bottle. In the United States, at least, people who feel they are at risk can go to a …

From the outset, the test developed to detect antibody to the AIDS virus–first used on a broad
scale in blood bank-ing–was mired in controversy [1]. Uncertainty about the significance of …

In many developing countries, uptake levels of antiretroviral therapy (ART) remain below set
targets, reflecting a vicious-and deadly- cycle of adverse events constraining access to …

Commentary positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) results per 1000 tests
on the basis of Red Cross and national testing data. Most of these will be false-positive …

KIE: Widespread mandatory testing for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been
proposed by some as a way to curb the transmission of the virus. O'Brien examines the …

LEAD: A bill that would require a person's written consent before he could be tested for the
AIDS virus and that would set rules for confidentiality of test results appears virtually certain …

Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 1 the causative agent of the acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), 2 represents a significant challenge to science, ethics …

Jehovah's Witness representatives have visited more than 10 Canadian medical schools
and 200 hospitals in an attempt to educate future and practising physicians about nonblood …

H 1IV testing is not an end in itself. It is instead a means to an end, in which the ethically
acceptable ends are care and access to treatment for people found to be infected and …