HIV incidence in South African blood donors from 2012 to 2016: a comparison of estimation methods.

Marion VermeulenDhuly ChowdhuryRonel SwanevelderEduard GrebeDonald BrambillaUte JentschMichael BuschGert Van ZylEdward L Murphynull null

Published in: Vox sanguinis (2020)

Testing HIV-positive donations using the LAg assay provides a reliable method to estimate incidence in first-time donors for countries that collect the majority of blood from first-time donors and do not screen with NAT.

Keyphrases

hiv positive
antiretroviral therapy
men who have sex with men
south africa
risk factors
hiv testing
high throughput
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv aids
kidney transplantation
hepatitis c virus