Abstract:
A report on the outcome of a meeting on incidence assays held in Barcelona, Spain 13-15 October 2014.
The main objectives of the meeting were to:
• provide an update on assay validation results from CEPHIA;
• revise the technical update issued by UNAIDS/WHOin 2013;
• review recommendations for testing algorithmsto estimate HIV incidence in cross-sectional surveys; and
• present the guidance document for HIV incidence estimation using case-based surveillance systems in countries with robust HIV case-reporting systems.
