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ATLANTA, Mar 31, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Primary health care providers should add routine HIV testing to patient care for all sexually active individuals, U.S. researchers say.
The group of physician/researchers at Emory University School of Medicine, Brown Medical School and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine also recommended that HIV testing be offered routinely in emergency departments, jails and substance abuse centers.
The proposal for routine testing will appear in the April 1 issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, and is based on a review of surveillance reports from the CDC and recent research data.
Current guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that HIV testing be based on risk assessment. Routine HIV testing is recommended in settings where the prevalence of HIV infections is greater than one percent.
In settings where the prevalence is less than 1 percent, testing is based on individual risk assessment by health care providers.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
