Table 1.
Summary of rapid tests used by MDP Centres.
Table 2.
Schedule of visits and corresponding blood draws.
Figure 1.
Overview of the HIV testing procedures.
This figure describes the diagnostic tasks for the clinic, local laboratory and central laboratory.
Figure 2.
Confirmatory HIV testing algorithm used for MDP301.
This figure details the diagnostic methods used at the central laboratory for all potential seroconverters and the possible outcomes.
Table 3.
Breakdown by site and outcome of the 537 samples which generated at least one positive rapid test result and were processed according to the MDP testing algorithm.
Table 4.
Unusual cases which generated “unexpected” sets of results using the algorithm.