Anonymous HIV testing in patients with mononucleosis-like illness

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Anonymous unlinked HIV testing on surplus serology samples of patients presenting in primary care with possible infectious mononucleosis: a potential for early diagnosis of HIV?

• IRAS ID

  218828

• Contact name

  Heather Rogers

• Contact email

  Heather.Rogers@rlbuht.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 4 months, 2 days

• Research summary

  Surplus blood serum samples sent to the virology department from primary care from patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of glandular fever which are not tested for HIV will be anonymised and unlinked. They will then undergo HIV RNA viral load testing. This will provide a prevalence of HIV in this cohort of patients. The results can then be used to promote increased HIV testing in primary care.

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/YH/0036

• Date of REC Opinion

  8 Feb 2017

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion