The HIV Screening Cascade: Current Emergency Department-Based Screening Strategies Leave Many Patients With HIV Undiagnosed

Amir M Mohareb^{1

2}, Anuj V Patel³, Oliver B Laeyendecker^{4

5}, Matthew F Toerper³, Danielle Signer³, William A Clarke⁶, Gabor D Kelen³, Thomas C Quinn^{4

5}, Jason S Haukoos^{7

8

9}, Richard E Rothman^{3

4}, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁵ Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
⁶ Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO.

Amir M Mohareb et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021.

. 2021 May 1;87(1):e167-e169.

doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002609.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁵ Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
⁶ Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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