Tiny Number Identified With HIV In Non-Targeted Testing In Emergency Departments

A very low number of HIV cases are identified in emergency departments via non-targeted testing, researchers from the Emergency Department HIV-Screening Group, France, reported in Archives of Internal Medicine. Non-targeted testing for HIV is actively encouraged in the USA and UK. As background information, the authors wrote: "During the last 15 years, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening combined with early treatment has effectively reduced HIV-related mortality, and some authors have postulated that this strategy plays a key role in controlling the epidemic...

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