Brief Report: Self-Reported HIV-Positive Status but Subsequent HIV-Negative Test Results in Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment Survey Participants-11 Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2015-2018.
Naeemah Z LoganPeter H KilmarxItalia RolleHetal K PatelYen T DuongKiwon LeeJudith D ShangStephane BodikaIsabelle T KouiShirish BalachandraMichelle LiKristin BrownHarriet Nuwagaba-BiribonwohaYimam GetanehSileshi LulsegedAshenafi HaileChristine A WestYohannes MengistuStephen D McCrackenThokozania KaluaAndreas JahnEvelyn KimNellie Wadonda-KabondoSasi JonnalagaddaNdapewa HamunimeDaniel B WilliamsJames McOllogi JumaGeorge S MgomellaRennatus MdodoWilford L KirungiVeronicah MugishaClement B NdongmoKennedy Chibeta NkwemuOwen MugurungiJohn H RogersSuzue SaitoPaul StuppJessica E JustmanAndrew C VoetschBharat S ParekhPublished in: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) (2024)
A small proportion of self-reported HIV-positive individuals could not be confirmed as positive, which could be due to initial misdiagnosis, deliberate wrong self-report, or misunderstanding of the questionnaire. As universal ART access is expanding, it is increasingly important to ensure quality of HIV testing and confirmation of HIV diagnosis before ART initiation.