The advance of detection technology of HIV self-testing
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2017.11.020
- VernacularTitle: HIV自我检测技术研究进展
- Author:
Li YAN
1
;
Peipei XIAO
;
Hongjing YAN
;
Xiping HUAN
;
Gengfeng FU
;
Jianjun LI
;
Haitao YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, College of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
HIV;
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
Health policy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2017;51(11):1053-1056
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
At present, China's AIDS testing increased rapidly, but there are still many people living with HIV do not recognize their status, thus postponing the antiviral treatment time. HIV self-testing (HST) is an effective method to expand the testing, not only simple operation, easy to get a result, effectively protect the detection privacy, expand the selection of testers, suit to the entire population, but also the premise and basis of other AIDS comprehensive prevention measures, all over the world are promoting it. Because the HST has controversies in the window period, price and before and after controversial, and our country is in the initial stage of HST, so it is not to develop related policies, but more and more countries are in accordance with their own situations are modified or developed to allow to use rapid detection of AIDS policy to regulate the field. This paper analyzed and summarized the advantage and influence factors of HST promotion, HST believes that in the long term, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, we need to formulate relevant policies, and improve the sensitivity of the kit, shorten the window period of time, production and promotion of operation standard of video, specification and testing the operating practices, preventing and reporting the possible social harm, investigation and understanding of the needs of the people of the crowd, to maximize the advantages of HST, find more infection, so as to curb the epidemic of AIDS.
