National Business Group on Health, Campbell KP, et al ,Sexually Transmitted Infections Evidence-Statement: HIV Screening and Counseling. Clinical Preventive Service Recommendations (2006).

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This notice is intended to alert readers about differences between Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) HIV screening recommendations for individuals who are not at increased risk for HIV infection. While the CDCs 2006 recommendation is that all patients ages 13 to 64 be screened for HIV, the USPSTF makes no recommendation for or against routinely screening adults and adolescents who are not considered to be at increased risk for HIV infection, based on a lack of evidence. Increased risk also is defined by the USPSTF, whose recommendations are the basis on which insurers generally base coverage policies. Both the CDC and the USPSTF recommend that all pregnant women be screened for HIV. The report also includes information about HIV transmission, the populations within the United States who are at a greater risk of infection, the economic value in both early diagnosis and prevention of HIV infection, the benefits of counseling services both before and after a screening, and approved methods of screening for HIV.  

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2006-June-01