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More universities to get HIV kit vending machines
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MORE universities in Shanghai will be equipped with HIV test-kit vending machines after the first three such campus machines were installed in April, the local disease control authority told Shanghai Daily.
A total of 63 HIV test-kits have been distributed from three machines at Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Tongji University, and Shanghai University. As of June 14, 46 samples have been collected for lab testing, according to the AIDS/STD Control and Prevention Department at the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Two of the kit samples showed positive results and three were inconclusive. The rest were negative. The kits require users to submit urine samples in order to receive a diagnosis.
Liu Chunxin, a physician at the department, warned though that urine tests are not 100 percent accurate and those who got positive results should visit nearby hospitals or disease control centers for a more accurate blood test, as well as prompt treatment. All disease control centers at the city and district levels in Shanghai offer free HIV testing.
She advised those who tested negative to remain cautious and have another check in three months following high-risk activities.
Young people, especially young gay men, have featured prominently among new infected cases in recent years.
Shanghai recorded 1,959 new HIV infection cases between January 1 and November 20 in 2016 and 91.6 percent of them were male, according to the statistics released by the Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission.
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