Consecutive HIV testing strategy suitable for use in developing countries.

2003 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A consecutive testing strategy for HIV screening is suitable for use in developing areas.

"Voluntary testing and counselling are accepted widely for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Therefore, simple, accurate and affordable tests are required," scientists in France argued.

"The diagnosis strategy used in developed countries, based on an immunoblot confirmatory test, cannot be used on a large scale in developing countries because of its cost. Therefore, alternative strategies must be developed," according to D. Menard and colleagues at the Pasteur Institute of Bangui, who evaluated a …