Laboratory Tests
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This section focuses on FDA-approved diagnostic HIV tests for use in moderate and high complexity laboratories.
Laboratory Testing Guidance
- 2018 Quick Reference Guide: Recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens
- Updated January 2019 APHL Suggested Reporting Language for the HIV Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Algorithmpdf iconexternal icon
- Full Version of the Laboratory Testing for the Diagnosis of HIV Infection: Updated Recommendations
- Technical Update on HIV-1/2 Differentiation Assays, August 2016
- Technical Update: Use of the Determine HIV 1/2 Ag/Ab Combo Test with Serum or Plasma in the Laboratory Algorithm for HIV Diagnosis
FDA Approved HIV Tests
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Types of HIV tests pdf icon[PDF – 236 KB]
- Laboratory Screening Tests pdf icon[PDF – 602 KB]
- Updated February 2019 Supplemental Tests for Laboratory Settings pdf icon[PDF – 456 KB]
- Moderate Complexity Rapid HIV Tests for Clinical Settings pdf icon[PDF – 173 KB]
- CLIA-waived rapid HIV tests pdf icon[PDF – 619 KB]
Resources
- Fact Sheet: False Positive HIV Test Results pdf icon[PDF – 130 KB]
- Selecting an HIV Test: A Narrative Review for Clinicians and Researchersexternal icon
- The Evolution of HIV Testing Continuesexternal icon
- Highlights from the 2016 HIV diagnostics conference: The new landscape of HIV testing in laboratories, public health programs and clinical practiceexternal icon
- New HIV Testing Technologies: Implications for your Laboratoryexternal icon
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) HIV Testing Resourcesexternal icon (includes recent manufacturer news)
- Detection of Acute HIV Infection in Two Evaluations of a New HIV Diagnostic Testing Algorithm — United States, 2011–2013
- 2013 Journal of Clinical Virology Supplement: HIV Laboratory Diagnosis: New Tests and a New Algorithmexternal icon.
(Select year 2013 then Vol. 58 December, 2013 p.e1-e134-Supplement 1) - HIV Diagnostics Conferenceexternal icon
Page last reviewed: October 14, 2020