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Flow chart of HIV testing algorithm utilized for NAIIS 2018 for participants ≥18 months of age.

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posted on 2022-07-29, 17:24 authored by Hetal K. Patel, Sunday Ikpe, Megan Bronson, Sehin Birhanu, Alash’le Abimiku, Ibrahim Jahun, Mervi Detorio, Kathryn Lupoli, Daniel Yavo, Orji O. Bassey, Tapdiyel D. Jelpe, Brian Kagurusi, Nnaemeka C. Iriemenam, Divya Patel, McPaul I. Okoye, Ibrahim T. Dalhatu, Stephen Ohakanu, Andrew C. Voetsch, Sani Aliyu, Gregory Ashefor, Aliyu Gambo, Gabriel O. Ikwulono, Charles Nzelu, Isaac F. Adewole, Mahesh Swaminathan, Bharat Parekh

Left panel, describes Nigeria’s national HIV testing algorithm, Determine HIV-1/2, Unigold HIV-1/2, and StatPak HIV-1/2 performed at the participant’s household. In the middle panel, household HIV-positives were further confirmed at a satellite laboratory using the Geenius HIV-1/2 RT. The panel on the right shows results of Geenius negative or indeterminate specimens when tested by the Cambridge HIV-1 Western blot test at the central laboratory.

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