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Comprehensive & Cost Effective Laboratory Monitoring of HIV/AIDS: an African Role Model
Published on: October 31, 2010
Monitoring retention in care: using multiple laboratory tests as an indicator for HIV medical care
Caislin Leah Firth1, Sean David Schafer, Käri Greene
1a Oregon Public Health Division , HIV/STD/TB Program , Portland , OR , USA.
Abstract:
Retention in care is an important strategy for HIV prevention. Unfortunately, surveillance systems were not designed to capture face-to-face visits with HIV health care providers to assess retention in care. Instead, HIV-related laboratory tests are used as a surrogate measure. This study estimated the sensitivity (90%) and specificity (28%) of two HIV-related laboratory tests separated by at least 90 days for two face-to-face visits among people receiving HIV-related health care in Oregon. Overall accuracy of the surrogate was good but slightly overestimated the proportion of people living with HIV/AIDS actually retained in care.
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