CDC LOCS Update

Notice To Readers: Publication of HIV Testing Algorithms: A Status Report

MMWR (August 7, 2009)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention�s Laboratory Outreach and Communication System (LOCS) is forwarding links (below) to a "Notice To Readers" that was published in the August 7, 2009, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report regarding "Publication of HIV Testing Algorithms: a Status Report". The status report does not contain formal guidelines or recommendations but reviews the supporting evidence and limitations regarding the proposed algorithms, and the additional data needed to substantiate each of them. The report is intended to solicit performance data from laboratories to validate the proposed algorithms and feedback regarding operational parameters associated with the algorithms.

The report is available online at http://www.aphl.org/hiv/statusreport. From the APHL site you can access the full report, executive summary and schematics of the various algorithms, and provide feedback to the authors. Inquiries, comments, and descriptions of pertinent performance data should be directed to APHL via e-mail at hiv.algorithm@aphl.org.

Link to pdf of this issue: http://wwwn.cdc.gov:80/DLS/LOCS/ViewUploadedDocument.aspx?DLS_Upload_Files_id=528

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