Presentation from Conference Sessions and Poster Presentations:
Conference Sessions (PowerPoint Files)
Scientific Session 1: New HIV Enzyme Immunoassays
- Vironostika HIV-1 Plus O Microelisa System for the Detection of Antibodies to HIV-1, Including Group O
Chamroen Chetty, PhD
Senior Manager Immunoassay R&D, bioMérieux Inc. - Principles and Characteristics of the Bio-Rad Genetic Systems™ HIV-1/HIV-2 Plus O EIA
M. Kathleen Shriver, PhD
R&D Manager, Redmond Operations, Bio-Rad Laboratories - Comparing the New EIAs with Old Standbys: Validation Data from Public Health Laboratories
Berry Bennett, MPH
Retrovirology Section Chief, Florida Bureau of Laboratories - APHL Survey on HIV Assays Currently in Use
Barbara Werner, PhD
Infectious Disease Consultant, Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute
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
Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
Director, Blood Systems Research Institute - Pooled RNA Testing of Antibody Negative High-Risk Persons: San Francisco and Los Angeles
Sally Liska, DrPH
Director, San Francisco Public Health Laboratory - Alternatives for Detecting Acute HIV: RNA, p24, and Heat-Dissociated p24
Christopher D.Pilcher, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - HIV NAAT Testing of HIV Antibody Negative Samples
Robert Myers PhD
Deputy Director, Maryland Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene Laboratories - Screening for Primary HIV Infection: The CDC Study
Pragna Patel, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist, Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch, CDC
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 - Presentation: Not Available
Marianne Porter, BS MS
Director, Division of Laboratory Improvement, Pennsylvania Department of Health - 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 - Implementation of Rapid Testing from a Rural Perspective - Keys to Success
Susanne Norris Zanto, BS, CLS (NCA)
Technical Services Manager, Montana Public Health Laboratory - 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
- Rapid HIV Testing: Implementation From a Field Perspective
- Resolution of Discordant Confirmatory Results after POC Reactive Rapid Tests
Berry Bennett, MPH
Retrovirology Section Chief, Florida Bureau of Laboratories - Post Marketing Surveillance of OraQuick Rapid HIV Testing
Laura Wesolowski, MPH
Laboratory Determinants and Diagnostics, Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch, CDC - Evaluation and Implementation of HIV Rapid Tests: The Experience in Eleven African Countries
Stefan Wiktor, MD, MPH
Chief, Surveillance and Infrastructure Development Branch, Global AIDS Program, CDC - Implications for the Public Health Laboratory from Expansion of Rapid Testing
Arthur Kazianis, BA
HIV/Hepatitis Laboratory Supervisor, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Scientific Session 4: Options for Confirmatory Testing in Different Settings
- Challenges for Blood Donor Confirmatory Testing Algorithms
Susan L. Stramer, PhD
Executive Scientific Officer, American Red Cross - Comparison of Currently Available Assays that Detect Human Immunodeficiency Virus to Address Alternative Screening/Diagnostic Algorithms for HIV
S. Michele Owen, PhD
Chief HIV Serology and Developmental Diagnostics Lab, CDC - Performance of Rapid HIV Tests Singly and in Combination
Kevin Delaney, MPH
Epidemiologist, Diagnostic Applications, Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch, CDC - HIV 1/2 Combination Screening and Outcomes of Follow-Up
William R. Oleszko, PhD
Acting Associate Director, Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Scientific Session 5: Dried Blood Spot Testing
- Dried Blood Spots: An Ideal Specimen for HIV Serologic and Nucleic Acid Testing
Joanne Mei, PhD
Lead Research Chemist, Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program, CDC - Usefulness and Application of Dried Blood Spots in HIV and HCV Epidemiology, Diagnostics and Drug Resistance Testing
John Kim, PhD
Chief, National HIV Reference Lab, Public Health Agency of Canada - Early Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection in Infants Using Dried Blood Spots and Real Time, RT-PCR
Chin-Yih Ou, PhD
Chief, HIV Molecular Diagnostics Lab, CDC - Use of DBS with BED Testing for Recent Infection
Bharat S. Parekh, PhD
Chief, HIV Incidence Laboratory, CDC - Use of DBS for HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance
Diane V. Bennett, MD, MPH, M.ED.
Coordinator, Antiretroviral Drug Resistance, Surveillance, CDC
Scientific Session 6: Concurrent Discussion Groups
- Updates: Status of Tests for Recent Infection & CDC’s Plans for the Detuned IND
Bernie Branson, MD
Associate Director for Laboratory Diagnostics, CDC - Panel: Tests for Recent Infection
- Calibration, Validation and Application of the BED Assay for Recent HIV-1 Infection in Multiple Subtypes
Bharat S. Parekh, PhD
Chief, HIV Incidence and Diagnosis Laboratory, CDC - A Simple and Inexpensive Algorithm for Determining Recent HIV Infection: Development of a Sensitive/Less Sensitive (S/LS) Particle Agglutination Assay
Neil Constantine, PhD
Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine - Identification of Factors Impacting the Determination of HIV Incidence in Non-Research-Based, Clinical Populations
Anne M. Sill, BA
Research Supervisor, Research Associate, Institute of Human Virology - Incidence Tests for the Serological Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS)
Joanne Mei, PhD
Lead Research Chemist, CDC - Summary of STARHS Meeting in Bangkok
Robert Remis, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Professor, Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
- Calibration, Validation and Application of the BED Assay for Recent HIV-1 Infection in Multiple Subtypes
- Panel: Rapid HIV Testing in International Settings
- Arguments for the Use of HIV Rapid Tests on a National Scale in Resource Poor Settings
Kyle B. Bond, MS
Surveillance and Infrastructure Development Branch, GAP, NCHSTP, CDC - HIV in Botswana; Improving Lab Capacity in the Face of the AIDS Pandemic
Patricia Clark, MPH
Interim Virology/Immunology Section Manager, Michigan Department of Community Health - Rapid Testing: The Kenya Experience
Dr. Peter Tukei
Assistant Director, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Laboratory Director, CDC/KEMRI - Use of Rapid HIV Assays in Vietnam and Cambodia: Challenges to Improving Access, Quality and Timeliness of HIV Testing
Ralph Timperi, MPH
Director, Massachusetts State Laboratory Institutes - Quality Assurance for Rapid Testing
Elizabeth Dax, AM, MD, BS, PhD
Director, National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
- Arguments for the Use of HIV Rapid Tests on a National Scale in Resource Poor Settings
Poster Presentations (Adobe Acrobat and PowerPoint Files)
- 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 - Clinical Trial of the Hema-Strip HIV Rapid HIV Test Using Finger Stick Blood, Whole Blood, Plasma, and Serum
Constantine, Niel - 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 - Development of a New Latex-Based Lateral-Flow Assay for Rapid Detection of Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Kanaujia, Ganga - Muti-anti Print Immunoaasay (MAPIA): A Novel Immunoscreening Tool for HIV Antigens and Confirmatory Assay for HIV Infection
Lyashchenko, Konstantin - Miracure™ Rapid HIV Test for Detection of HIV Antibodies in Whole Blood: Report of a Pilot Study
Ratnam, Sam - Rapid HIV Testing in Delaware
Gorman, Robin - Implementation of Rapid HIV Testing at Publicly Funded CTS Sites in New Jersey
Cadoff, Evan - Transition Year, 2004, in HIV Antibody Testing at the New York City Department Health and Mental Hygiene’s Public Health Laboratory
Punsalang, Amado - 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 - HIV Rapid Testing at Federally Qualified Health Care Centers in New Jersey
Paul, Sindy - A Case Series of Discordant Laboratory Results with Rapid HIV Testing
Paul, Sindy - An Evaluation of Proficiency Testing by Laboratories Performing HIV Antibody Immunoassays
Howerton, Devery - Confirmatory Testing Practices among Participants in the CDC’s Model Performance Evaluation Program for HIV Rapid Testing
Williams, Laurina - 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 - 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 - The Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Rapid Testing in the Brazilian Public Health System
Pascom, Ana Roberta Pati - Rapid HIV Testing in Needle Exchange Centres and Prisons in Finland
Brummer-Korvenkontio, Henrikki - Rapid HIV Kit Evaluation for Non-Laboratory Settings in Botswana: A Global AIDS Laboratory Project
Clark, Patricia - Detection of Incident HIV Infections Using Rapid HIV Antibody Detection Assays
Candal, Debra - Mobile Voluntary Counseling and Testing: How Valid are HIV Test Results?
Mutura, Catherine - Performance of HIV-1 Enzyme-Immunoassays on Dried Blood Spots for Quality Control of HIV Testing
Olara, Dennis - Early Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection in Infants Using Dried Blood Spots and Real-Time Reverse Transcription/Polymerase Chain Reaction
Ou, Chin-Yi - Performance Characteristics of the Roche Amplicor 1.5 Assay for Quantitation of HIV-1 RNA from Whole Blood Collected on Filter Paper
Granade, Tim - 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 - Development of an Oral Fluid Assay Capable of Differentiating Recent From Established HIV Infection
Constantine, Niel - Incidence Immunoassay for Distinguishing Recent from Established HIV-1 Infection in Therapy Naïve Populations
Dax, Elizabeth - Method Comparison of the HIV Tests for Recent Infection
Garrett, PE - Use of the HIV-1 Bed Incidence EIA and Western Blots to Characterize Rejected Blood Donor Specimens
Gottfried, Toby - 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 - Recent HIV Infections in Heterosexuals: Is STARHS Applicable?
Murphy, G - Measuring Antibody Avidity Improves the Utility of Starhs in Identifying Recent HIV Infection
Murphy, G - Enhancing Diagnostic Data for HIV Surveillance: The Ontario Laboratory Enhancement Study (LES)
Remis, Robert - Comparison of Less Sensitive HIV Incidence Tests for the Serological Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS)
Schiffer, Jarad - Comparison of Three Methods of Extraction of RNA for the Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Viral Load in Human Plasma
Asthana, Deshratn - Comparison of Sensitivities between DNA and RNA Nucleic Acid Tests for the Detection of HIV-1 Infection
Luo, Wei - NAAT Screening Via Multistage Pooling for Acute HIV-1 Infection
McPherson, Todd - Real-Time HIV-1 Plasma Viral Load Assay
Wei, Xierong - Real-Time RT-PCR Based Assay on Blood Clot Specimens for Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection in Children, Malawi
Yang, Chunfu - Lowering the Detection Limits of HIV-1 Viral Load Using Real-Time Immuno-PCR for HIV-1 P24 Antigen
Constantine, Niel - CD4 T-Lymphocytes Counting in a Northern Nigerian Setting: Comparison of a New Affordable Flow Cytometric and Manual Magnetic Bead Techniques
Imade, Godwin - 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 - Multicode RTX for Quantifying Mixed Population of Drug Resistant HIV
Prudent, James - Use of Dried Blood Spot (DBS) or Serum Spot to Detect Recent HIV-1 Seroconversion by HIV-1 BED Incidence Assay
Phillips, Susan - Development of a Rapid HIV-1 Confirmatory Test
Kardos, Keith