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BALTIMORE, MD (July 11, 2006) 鈥?The Baltimore City Health Department is announcing a new initiative to make RNA-based-based tests for HIV infection available to all city residents. The initiative is known as Supporting HIV Intervention with Early Lab Detections (SHIELD).
Standard HIV tests measure antibody levels, which represent the body鈥檚 response to HIV infection. These tests can be negative for the first several weeks to months after HIV infection (the 鈥渨indow period鈥?.
The new HIV tests identify RNA, the genetic material of HIV itself. These tests turn positive within days of HIV infection.
鈥淭his new technology puts Baltimore at the cutting edge of HIV detection and prevention,鈥?said Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, Commissioner of Health. 鈥淐ity residents can now better understand their HIV status and move quickly to protect those they love from infection.鈥?br> The new testing is based on a model pioneered in North Carolina. A 2005 article in the New England Journal of Medicine found that RNA-based-based testing was safe and effective and helped protect dozens of people from imminent exposure to HIV.
Under the new initiative, the Health Department will employ the RNA-based test for patients whose antibody tests are negative. A positive result will therefore mean that the patient has contracted HIV recently.
Dr. Kima J. Taylor, assistant commissioner for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, stated, 鈥淲hen a patient learns that he or she has HIV, risky behavior often decreases immediately. By identifying infections early, when viral levels are at or near their peak, the new test will prevent additional infections. As a public health tool, the new test will allow the Health Department to improve outreach efforts to specific high-risk areas in our communities.鈥?br> Baltimore is one of the first cities in the country to utilize RNA-based-based testing. The initiative is supported by $320,000 in city general revenues, proposed by the Mayor and approved by the Baltimore City Council in the fiscal year 2007 budget.
鈥淚 am very pleased that Baltimore is offering this important service to city residents,鈥?said Sheila Dixon, President of the Baltimore City Council.

I support it very much!!! I'm out here in California, the bay area, and I wish they would do something like this. This damn window period thing takes forever and I believe it really plays on peoples emotions. They have RNA testing here too, but you have search on the web for some lab that does it, then pay a hefty price, like couple hundred dollars. While at the same time, we have free clinics everywhere, but it's the standard testing. Once again, America's health coverage sucks!! But yes, I support that iniatiative! Lives would ultimately change for the better.

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