Elsewhere On The Web
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS, The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AIDSinfo
CDC MMWR: Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings
AIDS.gov
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
CDC: Living with HIV/AIDS
CDC HIV/AIDS Facts: HIV/AIDS in the United States
Article Sources
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used for Current Review
Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (© 2007). Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 8th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO. Pp 23-27, 535-538, and 1036-1037.
Clarke, W. and Dufour, D. R., Editors (2006). Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry, AACC Press, Washington, DC. Pp 487-490.
Wu, A. (2006). Tietz Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, Fourth Edition. Saunders Elsevier, St. Louis, Missouri. Pp 1595-1596.
(2008 January 29). New Report Provides Information on HIV Prevalence in the U.S. Household Population. CDC Press Release [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2008/r080129.htm. Accessed on 4/12/08.
(2008 February 7, Updated). AIDS/HIV, What are AIDS and HIV? National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/aids_hiv.cfm. Accessed on 4/12/08.
(2007 January 2, Modified). How HIV Tests Work. CDC [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/testing/resources/qa/tests_work.htm. Accessed on 4/12/08.
(2008 April 10, Updated). Neurological Complications of AIDS Fact Sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/aids/detail_aids.htm. Accessed on 4/12/08.
(2008 February 21, Updated). HIV/AIDS. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [On-line information]. Available online at http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/healthscience/healthtopics/HIVAIDS/default.htm. Accessed on 4/12/08.
Branson, B., Duffus, W. and Jordan, W. (2008 March 31). Opt-out HIV Testing as a Public Health Tool. Medscape [On-line CME/CE]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572209 through http://www.medscape.com.
Hernández, D. and Frye, R. (2007 June 11, Updated). Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. eMedicine [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.emedicine.com/ped/TOPIC1027.HTM through http://www.emedicine.com. Accessed on 4/12/08.
(2008 January 29). Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents. Department of Health and Human Services. January 29, 2008; 1-128. [On-line information]. PDF available for download at http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/AdultandAdolescentGL.pdf through http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov. Accessed on 5/4/08.
(May 8, 2008). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Infection Reporting. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/reporting.htm. Accessed August 2008.
(August 3, 2008). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS in the United States. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm. Accessed August 2008.
Sources Used for Previous Reviews
Thomas, Clayton L., Editor (1997). Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA [18th Edition].
Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (2001). Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 5th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO.
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