Testing and Diagnosis
HIV and hepatitis C testing and how tests work
HIV Testing and Diagnosis
Who should test and how HIV tests work
Who should be tested for HIV?
Risk factors and who is most at risk for HIV infection
Testing in specific circumstances
HIV testing for people in specific situations
- Recently infected individuals: a priority for HIV prevention from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
- HIV Testing in Pregnancy – Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
- Testing for HIV in pregnancy – Canadian Paediatric Society statement (2008)
- Ontario HIV Testing Frequency Guidelines: Guidance for Counselors and Health Professionals
More on testing for HIV in pregnancy
How does an HIV test work?
HIV tests used in Canada
- How do you know if you have HIV? from Managing your health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
- The HIV testing process – CATIE fact sheet
- HIV testing technologies – CATIE fact sheet
- HIV Testing and Infection Reporting in Canada – Public Health Agency of Canada
Just diagnosed?
For information for someone who has been diagnosed with HIV, see Newly diagnosed in the Healthy living section.
Counselling and testing practices and programs
How to develop and implement HIV counselling and testing programs
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Screening and Testing Guide – Public Health Agency of Canada
- Reaching Underserved Populations: Leveraging Point-of-Care Tests for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections to Explore New Program Options in Canada: Review of the Evidence – National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
- National Deliberative Dialogue on Reaching the HIV Undiagnosed: Scaling up effective programming approaches to HIV testing and linkage to prevention and care: Meeting report – CATIE
- Couples HIV Testing and Counselling from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
- A rapid approach to community-based HIV testing from Prevention in Focus
- Recently infected individuals: a priority for HIV prevention from Prevention in Focus
- HIV Testing – Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
- Forced HIV Testing – Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
More on HIV testing and counseling programs
Hepatitis C Testing and Diagnosis
Who should test and how hepatitis C tests work
- Understanding hepatitis C testing
- Diagnostic tests
- Liver health monitoring tests
- Where to get tested for hepatitis C
- Counselling information
- Hepatitis C in Canadian immigrants and newcomers from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
- Hepatitis C in migrants: An underappreciated group at increased risk – CATIE webinar
