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Can areas that are not participating in HIV incidence surveillance still participate in VARHS?

April 26, 2017areas participate surveillance varhs

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Can areas that are not participating in HIV incidence surveillance still participate in VARHS?

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Any state or city health department performing HIV surveillance can participate in VARHS if their methods have been approved by CDC and if they are able to send HIV diagnostic specimens meeting VARHS criteria for HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing. HIVDR testing will be performed at no cost to the health department under a CDC contract with Stanford University Laboratories. Except for support for HIVDR testing in the laboratory funded by the CDC contract, no funding is currently available to support specimen handling, processing, and shipping or data management for VARHS in non-HIS states.