Status of Human Retrovirus Testing in State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories: Summary of Survey Number 7

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 419-421 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Consensus Conference ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Laboratory Activities ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Human Retrovirus

These surveys continue to serve as a glimpse of public health laboratory activities at a point just prior to a Consensus Conference. Generally, the surveys offer some benefit to Consensus Conference deliberations by providing data for emerging issues or identifying problems not previously thought to be an issue.Response to the surveys continues to fall short of replies from all 54 states and territories. Each has its own reason for not responding, but it would be nice if someday the response was 100%. Figure 1 shows that responses were received from 42 states, one territory and one city. The fact that states with significant involvement in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic did not respond greatly reduces the overall value of this survey, but the limited data must suffice.

The Fifth Consensus Conference on Testing for Human Retroviruses

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 417-418
Author(s):  
William J. Hausler ◽  
Jane P. Getchell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Western Blot ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Consensus Conference ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Test Procedures ◽  
Hiv Test ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

In late 1985, the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors (ASTPHLD) first recognized the need for standardization and uniformity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test procedures, interpretation and reporting among public health laboratories. In 1986, the HIV Committee of ASTPHLD conducted its first Consensus Conference, with the objective of promoting quality and uniformity among laboratory programs through the exchange of data, sharing of expertise and formulation of consensus recommendations. There were 41 participants at this conference that addressed four topics: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blot, immunofluorescence and methods standardization.

Cocaine injection and ethnicity in parenteral drug users during the early years of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) epidemic in new york city

1989 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Novick ◽  
Harold L. Trigg ◽  
Don C. Des Jarlais ◽  
Samuel R. Friedman ◽  
David Vlahov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Parenteral Drug

COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddharth Raj Yadav ◽  
Rohit Kumar ◽  
Nitesh Gupta ◽  
Pranav Ish ◽  
Shibdas Chakrabarti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Population ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The World

To the EditorNovel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first notified in December 2019 from Wuhan, China. Now, it has spread rapidly and has been declared a pandemic affecting over 200 countries with widespread morbidity and mortality. It has been postulated that the most vulnerable population are the elderly, people living in crowded areas, children and immune-compromised individuals, such as people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The correlation of tuberculosis (TB), HIV and malnutrition are well documented and hence, people with tuberculosis should be considered as special population in this pandemic. TB is an ancient disease among humans recorded as far back as seventy thousand years which was declared a global public health emergency in 1993 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). India has the highest TB burden in the world.

A STLV-III related human retrovirus, HTLV-IV: analysis of cross-reactivity with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 55-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Barin ◽  
F. Denis ◽  
A. Baillou ◽  
G. Leonard ◽  
M. Mounier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cross Reactivity ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Human Retrovirus
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