Scientific Session Conference Abstracts

 

Scientific Session 1: New HIV Enzyme Immunoassays

Principles and Characteristics of EIAs Recently Approved by the FDA

  • Vironostika HIV-1 Plus O Microelisa System for the Detection of Antibodies to HIV-1, including Group O
    Speaker: Chamroen Chetty, PhD
    Senior manager Immunoassay R&D, bioMérieux Inc.
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  • Principles and Characteristics of the BIO-RAD Genetic Systems™ HIV-1/HIV-2 Plus O EIA
    Speaker: M. Kathleen Shriver, PhD
    R&D Manager, Redmond Operations, Bio-Rad Laboratories
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  • Comparing the New EIAs with Old Standbys: Validation Data from Public Health Laboratories
    Speaker: Berry Bennett, MPH
    Retrovirology Section Chief, Florida Bureau of Laboratories
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  • APHL Survey on HIV Assays Currently in Use
    Speaker: Barbara Werner, PhD
    Infectious Disease Consultant, Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute
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Scientific Session 2: NAAT Testing for Acute HIV Infection

  • Results of donor screening with nucleic acid amplification tests (NAT) and implications for HIV research, diagnosis and surveillance
    Speaker: Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD
    Professor of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
    Director, Blood Systems Research Institute
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  • Pooled RNA Testing of Antibody Negative High-Risk Persons: San Francisco and Los Angeles
    Speaker: Sally Liska, DrPH
    Director, San Francisco Public Health Laboratory
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  • Alternatives for Detecting Acute HIV: RNA, p24, and heat-dissociated p24
    Speaker: Christopher D.Pilcher, MD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • HIV NAAT Testing of HIV Antibody Negative Samples
    Speaker: Robert Myers PhD
    Deputy Director, Maryland Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene Laboratories
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  • Screening for Primary HIV Infection: The CDC Study
    Speaker: Pragna Patel, MD, MPH
    Medical Epidemiologist, Diagnostic Applications
    Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch, CDC
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Scientific Session 3: Rapid HIV Testing

  • Panel: Roll-out and Implementation of Rapid Testing from a Field Perspective
    Speakers:

    • Rapid HIV Testing: Implementation From a Field Perspective
      Tony Falvo, CTL Program Coordinator, Florida Bureau of HIV/AIDS
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    • Roll-out and Implementation of Rapid Testing from a Field Perspective
      Marianne Porter, BS MS, Director, Division of Laboratory Improvement, Pennsylvania Department of Health
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    • Implementing Rapid HIV Testing in New York State
      Mara San Antonio Gaddy, RN, MSN, Director, Bureau of Direct Program Operations, New York State Department of Health
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    • Implementation of Rapid Testing from a Rural Perspective – Keys to Success
      Susanne Norris Zanto, BS, CLS (NCA), Technical Services Manager, Montana Public Health Laboratory
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    • Roll-out and Implementation of Rapid Testing from a Field Perspective
      Shelley Facente, MPH, HIV Rapid Testing Coordinator, San Francisco Department of Public Health AIDS Office
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  • Resolution of Discordant Confirmatory Results after POC Reactive Rapid Tests
    Speaker: Berry Bennett, MPH
    Retrovirology Section Chief, Florida Bureau of Laboratories
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  • Post Marketing Surveillance of OraQuick Rapid HIV Testing
    Speaker: Laura Wesolowski, MPH
    Laboratory Determinants and diagnostics,
    Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch, CDC
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  • Evaluation and Implementation of HIV Rapid Tests: The Experience in Eleven African Countries
    Speaker: Stefan Wiktor, MD, MPH, Chief,
    Surveillance and Infrastructure Development Branch,
    Global AIDS Program, CDC
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  • Implications for the Public Health Laboratory from Expansion of Rapid Testing
    Speaker: Arthur Kazianis, BA
    HIV/Hepatitis Laboratory Supervisor, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
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Scientific Session 4: Options for Confirmatory Testing in Different Settings

  • Challenges for Blood Donor Confirmatory Testing Algorithms
    Speaker: Susan L. Stramer, PhD
    Executive Scientific Officer, American Red Cross
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  • Comparison of Currently Available Assays that Detect Human Immunodeficiency Virus to Address Alternative Screening/Diagnostic Algorithms for HIV
    Speaker: S. Michele Owen, PhD
    Chief HIV Serology and Developmental Diagnostics Lab, CDC
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  • Performance of Rapid HIV Tests Singly and in Combination
    Speaker: Kevin Delaney, MPH
    Epidemiologist, Diagnostic Applications,
    Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch, CDC
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  • HIV 1/2 Combination Screening and Outcomes of Follow-Up
    Speaker: William R. Oleszko, PhD
    Acting Associate Director, Public Health Laboratory,
    New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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Scientific Session 5: Dried Blood Spot Testing

  • Dried Blood Spots: An Ideal Specimen for HIV Serologic and Nucleic Acid Testing
    Speaker: Joanne Mei, PhD
    Lead Research Chemist
    Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program, CDC
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  • Usefulness and Application of Dried Blood Spots in HIV and HCV Epidemiology, Diagnostics and Drug Resistance Testing
    Speaker: John Kim, PhD
    Chief, National HIV Reference Lab Public Health Agency of Canada
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  • Early Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection in Infants Using Dried Blood Spots and Real Time, RT-PCR
    Speaker: Chin-Yih Ou, PhD
    Chief, HIV Molecular Diagnostics Lab, CD
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  • Use of DBS with BED Testing for Recent Infection
    Speaker: Bharat S. Parekh, PhD
    Chief, HIV Incidence Laboratory, CDC
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  • Use of DBS for HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance
    Speaker: Diane V. Bennett, MD, MPH, M.ED.
    Coordinator, Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Surveillance, CDC
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Scientific Session 6: Concurrent Discussion Groups

  • Updates: Status of Tests for Recent Infection & CDC’s Plans for the Detuned IND
    Speaker: Bernie Branson, MD
    Associate Director for Laboratory Diagnostics, CDC
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Panel: Tests for Recent Infection
Moderators: Niel Constantine and Anne M. Sill

  • Calibration, validation and application of the BED assay for recent HIV-1 infection in multiple subtypes
    Panelist: Bharat S. Parekh, PhD, Chief, HIV Incidence and Diagnosis Laboratory, CDC
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  • A Simple and Inexpensive Algorithm for Determining Recent HIV Infection: Development of a Sensitive/Less Sensitive (S/LS) Particle Agglutination Assay
    Panelist: Neil Constantine, PhD, Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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  • Identification of Factors Impacting the Determination of HIV Incidence in Non-Research-Based, Clinical Populations
    Panelist: Anne M. Sill, BA, Research Supervisor, Research
    Associate, Institute of Human Virology,
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  • Incidence Tests for the Serological Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS)
    Panelist: Joanne Mei, PhD, Lead Research Chemist, CDC,
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  • Summary of STARHS meeting in Bangkok
    Panelist: Robert Remis, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor,
    Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
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Panel: Rapid HIV Testing in International Settings
Moderator: Mark Rayfield, PhD, Global AIDS Program CDC

  • Arguments for the use HIV Rapid Tests on a National Scale in Resource Poor Settings
    Panelist: Kyle B. Bond, MS, Surveillance and Infrastructure Development Branch, GAP, NCHSTP, CDC
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  • HIV in Botswana; Improving Lab Capacity in the Face of the AIDS Pandemic
    Panelist: Patricia Clark, MPH, Interim Virology/Immunology Section Manager, Michigan Department of Community Health
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  • Rapid Testing: The Kenya Experience
    Panelist: Dr. Peter Tukei, Assistant Director Kenya Medical Research Institute, Laboratory Director, CDC/KEMRI
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  • Use of Rapid HIV Assays in Vietnam and Cambodia: Challenges to improving access, quality and timeliness of HIV Testing
    Panelist: Ralph Timperi, MPH, Director Massachusetts State Laboratory Institutes
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  • Quality Assurance for Rapid Testing
    Panelist: Elizabeth Dax, AM, MD, BS, PhD, Director, National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
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Poster Abstracts

  • Multisite Evaluation Of BIO-RAD Multispot HIV-1/HIV-2 Rapid Test To Detect And Differentiate HIV-1 From HIV-2 And As A Stand-Alone Multi-Test HIV-1 Algorithm Based On Separate Recombinant And Peptide Antigent Spots
    Bentsen, Christopher
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  • Clinical Trial of the Hema-Strip HIV Rapid HIV Test Using Finger Stick Blood, Whole Blood, Plasma, and Serum
    Constantine, Niel
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  • Clinical Trial of Two Rapid Lateral Flow Tests for the Detection of HIV Antibodies in Fingerstick Whole Blood, Venous Whole Blood, Plasma and Serum
    Estandiari, Javan
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  • Development of a New Latex-Based Lateral-flow Assay for Rapid Detection of Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus
    Kanaujia, Ganga
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  • Muti-anti Print Immunoaasay (MAPIA): A Novel Immunoscreening Tool for HIV Antigens and Confirmatory Assay for HIV Infection
    Lyashchenko, Konstantin
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  • Miracure™ Rapid HIV Test For Detection Of HIV Antibodies In Whole Blood: Report Of A Pilot Study
    Ratnam, Sam
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  • Rapid HIV Testing In Delaware
    Gorman, Robin
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  • Implementation Of Rapid HIV Testing At Publicly Funded Cts Sites In New Jersey
    Cadoff, Evan
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  • Transition Year, 2004, in HIV Antibody Testing at the New York City Department Health and Mental Hygiene’s Public Health Laboratory
    Punsalang, Amado
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  • The impact of training and field experience on non-laboratory staff confidence and skills for conducting rapid HIV testing in point of care settings
    San Antonio-Gaddy, Mara
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  • HIV Rapid Testing At Federally Qualified Health Care Centers In New Jersey
    Paul, Sindy
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  • A Case Series Of Discordant Laboratory Results With Rapid HIV Testing
    Paul, Sindy
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  • An Evaluation of Proficiency Testing by Laboratories Performing HIV Antibody Immunoassays
    Howerton, Devery
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  • Confirmatory Testing Practices Among Participants In The CDC’s Model Performance Evaluation Program For HIV Rapid Testing
    Williams, Laurina
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  • Evaluation Of The Accuracy Of The Oraquick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Test In Patients With Suspected HIV Infection In Rural India
    Pai, Nitika Pant
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  • Evaluation Of Acceptability, Feasibility And Preference For The Oraquick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Test In A Rural Patient Population In India
    Pai, Nitika Pant
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  • The Cost-Effectiveness Of HIV Rapid Testing In The Brazilian Public Health System
    Pascom, Ana Roberta Pati
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  • Rapid HIV Testing In Needle Exchange Centres And Prisons In Finland
    Brummer-Korvenkontio, Henrikki
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  • Rapid HIV Kit Evaluation for Non-Laboratory Settings in Botswana: A Global AIDS laboratory Project
    Clark, Patricia
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  • Detection of Incident HIV Infections using Rapid HIV Antibody Detection Assays
    Candal, Debra
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  • Mobile Voluntary Counseling and Testing: How Valid Are HIV Test Results?
    Mutura, Catherine
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  • Performance of HIV-1 Enzyme-Immunoassays on Dried Blood Spots for Quality Control of HIV Testing
    Olara, Dennis
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  • Early Diagnosis Of HIV-1 Infection In Infants Using Dried Blood Spots And Real-Time Reverse Transcription/Polymerase Chain Reaction
    Ou, Chin-Yi
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  • Performance Characteristics Of The Roche Amplicor 1.5 Assay For Quantitation Of HIV-1 RNA From Whole Blood Collected On Filter Paper
    Granade, Tim
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  • Modified Protocols of Commercial Enzyme Immunoassays for the Detection of Antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 from Whole Blood Collected on Filter Paper
    Granade, Tim
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  • Development Of An Oral Fluid Assay Capable Of Differentiating Recent From Established HIV Infection
    Constantine, Niel
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  • Incidence Immunoassay For Distinguishing Recent From Established HIV-1 Infection In Therapy Naïve Populations
    Dax, Elizabeth
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  • Method Comparison Of The HIV Tests For Recent Infection
    Garrett, PE
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  • Use Of The HIV-1 Bed Incidence Eia And Western Blots To Characterize Rejected Blood Donor Specimens
    Gottfried, Toby
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  • Identification Of Recent HIV Infections In Single Serum Sample: Comparison Between The Avidity Index Method And The Serologic Testing Algorithm For Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS)
    Martró, Elisa
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  • Recent HIV Infections In Heterosexuals: Is STARHS Applicable?
    Murphy, G
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  • Measuring Antibody Avidity Improves The Utility Of Starhs In Identifying Recent HIV Infection
    Murphy, G
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  • Enhancing Diagnostic Data For HIV Surveillance: The Ontario Laboratory Enhancement Study (LES)
    Remis, Robert
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  • Comparison Of Less Sensitive HIV Incidence Tests For The Serological Testing Algorithm For Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS)
    Schiffer, Jarad
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  • Comparison of three methods of extraction of RNA for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus viral load in human plasma
    Asthana, Deshratn
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  • Comparison Of Sensitivities Between DNA And RNA Nucleic Acid Tests For The Detection Of HIV-1 Infection
    Luo, Wei
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  • NAAT Screening Via Multistage Pooling For Acute HIV-1 Infection
    McPherson, Todd
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  • Real-Time HIV-1 Plasma Viral Load Assay
    Wei, Xierong
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  • Real-Time RT-PCR Based Assay On Blood Clot Specimens For Diagnosis Of HIV-1 Infection In Children, Malawi
    Yang, Chunfu
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  • Lowering The Detection Limits Of HIV-1 Viral Load Using Real-Time Immuno-PCR For HIV-1 P24 Antigen
    Constantine, Niel
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  • CD4 T-Lymphocytes Counting in a Northern Nigerian Setting: Comparison of a New Affordable Flow Cytometric and Manual Magnetic Bead Techniques
    Imade, Godwin
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  • Extensive Reactivity Of SVCPZ, HIV-1 Groups and O V3 Peptides With Anti-HIV Seronegative Plasma Samples from Individuals Living in Villages In the Equatorial Rain Forest Regions In Cameroon Where A Broad HIV-1 Genetic Diversity Exist: Implications In HIV Diagnosis
    Nyambi, Phillipe
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  • Multicode RTX For Quantifying Mixed Population of Drug Resistant HIV
    Prudent, James
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  • Use of dried blood spot (DBS) or serum spot to detect recent
    HIV-1 Seroconversion by HIV-1 BED Incidence Assay
    Phillips, Susan
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  • Development of a Rapid HIV-1 Confirmatory Test
    Kardos, Keith
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