From Columbia U: More on routine HIV testing of adults and adolescents

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23425134

N Engl J Med. 2013 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Routine HIV Testing, Public Health, and the USPSTF - An End to the Debate.

Bayer R, Oppenheimer GM.

Source

From the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.

Abstract

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is poised to release recommendations on screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that will endorse the routine testing of adults and adolescents, a position first adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2006. Based on an exacting systematic examination of the new evidence on clinical and public health benefits of early identification of HIV infection that has emerged since 2005, when the initial USPSTF review led to rejection of routine screening, the new recommendations will be a critical guide to clinical practice. They will also carry important policy . . .