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Area of Science:

  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Public Health
  • Virology

Background:

  • Nigeria adopted a rapid HIV testing algorithm to increase testing access.
  • The rapid testing strategy required further evaluation due to potential false positives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare HIV test results from the rapid testing algorithm with confirmatory western blot tests.
  • To assess the performance and accuracy of the rapid HIV diagnostic algorithm in Nigeria.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of HIV screening and confirmatory results from 2007-2008.
  • Comparison of rapid test and western blot results for concordance.
  • Further analysis of discordant results using HIV-1 RNA viral load, CD4+ cell counts, and clinical data.

Main Results:

  • Analysis of 2228 western blot results indicated high rates of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections.
  • The positive predictive value of the rapid HIV counselling and testing algorithm was determined to be 99.4%.
  • Further investigation of indeterminate results clarified final HIV status for all patients.

Conclusions:

  • The rapid HIV testing algorithm demonstrated a high positive predictive value but identified some false positives.
  • Prioritizing staff training and retraining is crucial to minimize false-positive HIV diagnoses.
  • Minimizing false positives can mitigate the significant psychological and financial impact on patients.