Case finding advantage of HIV rapid tests in community settings: men who have sex with men in 12 programme areas in China, 2011

We sought to describe the advantage of rapid tests over ELISA tests in community-based screening for HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in urban areas of China. Data of 31,406 screening tests conducted over six months in 2011 among MSM across 12 areas were analyzed to compare the differences...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of STD & AIDS 2015-05, Vol.26 (6), p.402-413
Hauptverfasser:	Zhang, Dapeng, Qi, Jinlei, Fu, Xiaojing, Meng, Sining, Li, Chengmei, Sun, Jiangping
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIDS/HIV Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data China - epidemiology Community Health Services Health Promotion HIV Infections - ethnology HIV Infections - prevention & control HIV Seropositivity Homosexuality, Male Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Male Mass Screening - methods Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Point-of-Care Systems Program Evaluation - methods Retrospective Studies Socioeconomic Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Urban Population
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Zusammenfassung:	We sought to describe the advantage of rapid tests over ELISA tests in community-based screening for HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in urban areas of China. Data of 31,406 screening tests conducted over six months in 2011 among MSM across 12 areas were analyzed to compare the differences between those receiving rapid testing and ELISA. Rapid tests accounted for 45.8% of these screening tests. The rate of being screened positive was 7.2% among rapid tests and 5.3% for ELISA tests (χ2 = 49.161, p
ISSN:	0956-4624 1758-1052
DOI:	10.1177/0956462414542986