In addition, the new test makes it possible to track clusters of recent infections and mobilize testing and prevention efforts to prevent HIV transmission.” “This means it’s especially important to identify recently infected individuals so they can rapidly start HIV treatment and gain the health benefits that follow. Jessica Justman, ICAP’s senior technical director and ICAP principal investigator of the TRACE project. “Individuals with recent HIV infection often have higher viral loads than individuals with a long-term infection,” said Dr.
The rapid test provides results in a few minutes. This test, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), takes advantage of a specific antibody response that develops after the first several months of HIV infection and therefore is generally not found in blood samples from individuals with a recent infection. ICAP at Columbia University has received funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand a novel HIV testing method that promises to advance efforts for the prevention and treatment of HIV.Īs part of the five-year Tracking with Recency Assays to Control the Epidemic (TRACE) project, ICAP will expand the use of a new supplemental rapid HIV test that can distinguish a recent infection, acquired within the last 12 months, from a long-term infection.
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