CDC recommends universal HIV testing in all adults, at least once during life, to reduce the pool of infected patients unaware of their status. Routine universal HIV testing can use "classical" ELISA tests from serum, or rapid tests, ideally from finger-stick whole blood (FSB), which have shown close predictive values from classical tests. The investigators will compare the acceptability and feasibility of the two methods.
The multi-center prospective randomized study will compare the acceptability and feasibility of routine universal HIV testing to adult patients consulting their general practitioner in Paris, France, using either the " classical " ELISA tests from serum or rapid tests from FSB (Insti®).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
260
HIV testing randomized between ELISA or rapid test
HIV testing randomized between ELISA or rapid test
acceptability of HIV testing
answer by "yes" or "no" to the single following question: "do you agree to perform an HIV test?"
Time frame: immediately after HIV testing proposal
feasibility of HIV testing
Number of HIV test results recovered within a month upon enrollment
Time frame: one month after HIV testing proposal
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