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

• HIV testing – I know my HIV status
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Screening and Testing Guide – Public Health Agency of Canada
• How frequently should people be tested for HIV? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource

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 in pregnancy: Identification of intrapartum and perinatal HIV exposures – Canadian Pediatric Society
• Task-shifting in HIV testing services from Prevention in Focus
• The routine offer of HIV testing in emergency departments: A review of the evidence from Prevention in Focus
• The routine offer of HIV testing in primary care settings: A review of the evidence from Prevention in Focus

How does an HIV test work?

HIV tests used in Canada

• 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

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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

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Hepatitis C Testing and Diagnosis

Who should test and how hepatitis C tests work

• Hepatitis C key messages - Testing
• Understanding hepatitis C testing
• Diagnostic tests
• Where to get tested for hepatitis C
• Counselling information
• Dried blood spot testing: Accurate for both hepatitis C screening and confirmatory test from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• Hepatitis C point of care testing: What is its impact on testing and linkage to care? from Prevention in Focus
• Hepatitis C in Canadian immigrants and newcomers: Why are hepatitis C rates higher in these populations? from Prevention in Focus

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