Reflex Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 RNA Testing Enables Timely Differentiation of False-Positive Results
Christopher Kaperak1, Dylan Eller2,3, Samantha A Devlin2,3
1Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
|January 25, 2024
Abstract:
Accurate, timely human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis is critical. Routine HIV screening program data were examined before and after reflex HIV type 1 RNA testing. Reflex testing facilitated confirmation of reactive HIV screening assays (as true or false positives) (odds ratio, 23.7 [95% confidence interval, 6.7-83.4]; P < .0001), improving detection of acute HIV and reducing unconfirmed discordant results.


