Abstract
HIV-1 testing of young febrile adults seeking care for fever in sub-Sahara Africa.
Highlights
Africa (SSA), the region most affected by the HIV-1 epidemic, have been trained to put acute HIV-1 infection (AHI) in the differential diagnosis of the young febrile adult patient seeking care.[7]
While rapid point-of-care RNA or p24 antigen tests are in development,[8] most clinicians attending to patients in primary care facilities in SSA have little else to offer than a rapid HIV-1 antibody test to rule out prevalent HIV-1 infection
The uptake, of providerinitiated testing and counselling (PITC) in SSA has been very low,[9] and repeat testing is not recommended for febrile patients.[10]
Summary
Africa (SSA), the region most affected by the HIV-1 epidemic, have been trained to put AHI in the differential diagnosis of the young febrile adult patient seeking care.[7]
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