HIV Testing: New Tests and Updated Recommendations Bernard M. Branson, M.D. Associate Director for Laboratory Diagnostics CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention The findings and conclusions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Evolution of HIV Tests: Four Generations
Evolution of HIV Tests 1 st generation: whole viral lysate, detects IgG antibody
EIA Western blot IFA 1 st Generation
Testing Recommendation since 1989 Repeatedly reactive screening test A supplemental, more specific test such as the Western blot has been used to validate those results
1989: State of the Art
Evolution of HIV Tests 1 st generation: whole viral lysate, detects IgG antibody 2 nd generation: synthetic peptides, detects IgG antibody
OraQuick Advance Multispot HIV-1/HIV-2 Clearview Complete MedMira Reveal G3 INSTI 2 nd Generation Chembio Stat Pak
Evolution of HIV Tests 1 st generation: whole viral lysate, detects IgG antibody 2 nd generation: synthetic peptides, detects IgG antibody 3 rd generation: detect IgM and IgG antibodies
Bio-Rad GS HIV-1/2 PLUS O 2003 Unigold Recombigen 2003 Siemens Advia Centaur Ortho Vitros 2006 2008 3 rd Generation
Evolution of HIV Tests 1 st generation: whole viral lysate, detects IgG antibody 2 nd generation: synthetic peptides, detects IgG antibody 3 rd generation: detect IgM and IgG antibodies 4 th generation: detects IgM, IgG antibodies, p24 antigen
Abbott Architect Ag/Ab Combo 2010 Control Antigen Antibody Bio-Rad Ag/Ab Combo 2011 4 th Generation Determine Combo Ag/Ab Rapid Test 2013
Evolution of HIV Tests 1 st generation: whole viral lysate, detects IgG antibody 2 nd generation: synthetic peptides, detects IgG antibody 3 rd generation: detect IgM and IgG antibodies 4 th generation: detects IgM, IgG antibodies, p24 antigen Combi tests: detect both HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies Combo tests: detect both antigen and antibody Nucleic acid tests (NAT): detect HIV RNA
APTIMA Qualitative HIV-1 RNA Assay 2006 Plasma or serum FDA-approved for HIV diagnosis
HIV Infection and Laboratory Markers HIV RNA (plasma) HIV Antibody HIV p24 Ag IgM IgG 22 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Days Infection 4th gen 3 rd gen 2 nd gen 1 st gen Acute HIV Infection Modified after Busch et al. Am J Med. 1997
Relative Seroconversion Sensitivity (Plasma) Cumulative frequency of positive tests 1.00 0.90 0.80 0.70 0.60 0.50 0.40 0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00-50 -40-30 -20-10 0 10 20 30 days before positive Western blot 26 seroconverters were analyzed with 14 tests 17 seroconverters with WB positive used for cumulative frequency analysis Genprobe Architect 4th BioRad 4th Advia 3rd Vitros 3rd Abbott 3rd BioRad 3rd Insti Multispot Reveal Statpak Complete Unigold Oraq Adv
Sequence of Test Positivity Relative to WB (plasma) 166 specimens, 17 Seroconverters - 50 % Positive Cumulative Frequency 25 20 15 10 5 0 APTIMA (-26) Architect Ag/Ab Combo (-20) Bio-Rad Ag/Ab Combo (-19) Determine Ag/Ab Combo (-15) Advia (-14) Vitros (-13) GS 1/2+O (-12) INSTI (-9) Multi-Spot (-7) Reveal G3, DPP Avioq (-6) COMPLETE HIV-1/2 (-5) HIV-1/2 STAT-PAK (-5) Unigold (-2) OraQuick (-1) WB positive Vironostka (+2) Oral Fluid (Avioq) Days before WB positive Modified from Masciotra et al, J Clin Virol 2011, 2013 and Owen et al, J Clin Micro 2008 +40 Luo et al, J Clin Virol 2013
Why Does It Matter? Sensitivity among frequently-tested MSM in Seattle 192 infected with HIV 23 (12%) detected only by RNA (15/16 tested detected by Ag/Ab immunoassay) 169 (88%) detected by serum Ab immunoassay 153 (80%) detected by oral fluid rapid test - Stekler et al, Clin Inf Dis 2009
It s not only about 4 th generation 3 rd generation laboratory testing, 2 screening programs in Houston hospital EDs 238 repeatedly reactive EIA, Western blot negative or indeterminate Sent for NAT testing 26 (10.9%) positive = acute HIV infection: IgM antibody detected, IgG tests (WB) negative
Major change with new algorithm: Continue beyond IgG serology Multi-Spot (-7) WB positive Days before WB positive 25 APTIMA (-26) 20 15 10 5 0 Architect Ag/Ab Combo (-20) Bio-Rad Ag/Ab Combo (-19) Advia (-14) GS 1/2+O (-12) Vitros (-13)
Acute Infection: Increased Risk of Sexual Transmission of HIV HIV RNA in Semen (Log 10 copies/ml) 5 4 3 2 1/30-1/200 1/1000-1/10,000 Virus 75-750 times more infectious 1/500-1/2000 1/100-1/1000 Ma, J Virol 2009 Cohen & Pilcher, J Infect Dis. 2005
Clinical Syndrome of Acute HIV 40-90% develop symptoms of Acute HIV 50%-90% with symptoms seek medical care Of those diagnosed with Acute HIV, 50% of patients seen at least 3 times before diagnosis - Kahn et al, NEJM 199 - Weintrob et al, Arch Int Med 2003
Clinical Manifestations 101 seroconverters, HIVNET cohort 1995-98 Symptom Percent Median Duration Days (IQR) Any symptom 85% Fatigue 56% 9 (5-29) Fever 55% 5 (4-10) Pharyngitis 43% 7 (5-10) Lymphadenopathy 36% 7 (4-14) Rash 16% 8 (6-14) - Celum et al, JID 2001
Acute HIV: Partner Notification Persons with acute HIV infection named 2.5 times as many sex partners 1.9 times as many partners newly diagnosed with HIV as did persons with new diagnosis of established HIV infection Moore et al, JAIDS 2009
Limitations of Current Testing Antibody tests do not detect infection in ~ 10% of infected persons at highest risk of transmission Western blot confirmation is less sensitive during early infection than many widely used screening tests Antigen/antibody combo tests now FDA-approved that can detect most antibody-negative persons during highly infections acute infection stage
3 rd & 4 th gen lab screening tests 1987 Vironostika EIA 1992 Abbott HIV-1/HIV-2 EIA 2000 Genetic Systems HIV-1/HIV-2 Peptide EIA 2003 GS HIV-1 HIV-2 Plus O EIA 2006 Advia Centaur 1/O/2 CIA 2008 Ortho Vitros HIV 1+2 CIA 2010 Abbott Architect Ag/Ab Combo CIA 2011 Bio-Rad Ag/Ab Combo EIA 1985 Abbott HIV-1 EIA 1991 Cambridge Western blot 1992 Fluorognost IFA 1998 Genetic Systems rlav (HIV-1) 2002 OraQuick HIV-1/HIV-2 Rapid Test 2003 Unigold Reveal HIV-1 Rapid Tests 2004 Multispot HIV-1/HIV-2 Rapid Test 2006 Aptima Qualitative RNA 2009 Avioq HIV-1 EIA 2010 INSTI HIV-1 Rapid Test 2013 Determine Combo Ag/Ab Rapid test 1 st gen confirmatory tests 2 nd gen rapid tests
HIV-2 Infection Misclassification by HIV-1 Western blot: 54/58 (93%) HIV-2 patients tested had positive HIV-1 WB (NYC) 1 97/163 (60%) HIV-2 cases reported had positive HIV -1 WB (CDC) 2 Demographic/behavioral information usually not available to laboratory HIV-2 Remains uncommon in U.S., but Does not respond to NNRTIs, some PIs (first line therapy) Undetectable by HIV-1 viral load tests HIV-2 often diagnosed after immunologic deterioration in patient with negative viral load 1 Torian et al, Clinical Infectious Disease 2010 2 MMWR, July 2011
HIV Testing Recommendations from CDC/APHL
HIV-1/2 Combination Ag/Ab immunoassay (+) (-) Negative for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies and p24 Ag HIV-1/HIV-2 antibody differentiation immunoassay HIV-1 (+) HIV-2 (-) HIV-1 (-) HIV-2 (+) HIV-1 (+) HIV-2 (+) HIV-1 (-) or indeterminate HIV-2 (-) HIV-1 antibodies detected HIV-2 antibodies detected HIV antibodies detected NAT NAT (+) Acute HIV-1 infection NAT (-) Negative for HIV-1 Available at: http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23447
4 th Generation Ag/Ab Combination Assays Detect HIV-1 p24 antigen and IgM and IgG antibodies against either HIV-1 or HIV-2 Reactive test results do not distinguish antigen from antibody Insufficient data for rapid Ag/Ab test to recommend it as first test in algorithm
4 th Generation Ag/Ab Assay vs. RNA RNA+/ 3 rd gen-negative specimens detected by 4 th generation EIA: 38 of 46 (83%) Australia* 10 of 14 (71%) CDC AHI study** 51 of 61 (84%) CDC panel*** 4 days after RNA 9 seroconversion panels*** * Cunningham P, HIV Diagnostics Conf 2007 ** Patel P, CROI 2009 *** Owen M, CROI 2009
FDA-approved HIV-1/HIV-2 Antibody Differentiation Assay Reactive Control Recombinant HIV-1 Peptide HIV-2 Peptide HIV-1
Why not go directly to NAT? Cost: most specimens will be resolved with antibody tests Turnaround time: positive antibody results now feasible in <A 90 minutes Fails to diagnose acute infection (Stage 0), HIV-2 NAT is undetectable in 3% to 5% of Western blot-positive specimens
Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) for Diagnosis APTIMA HIV-1 qualitative RNA assay is only NAT FDAapproved for diagnosis Clinicians can order HIV-1 viral load tests, but labs cannot use them as a reflex part of the algorithm APHL and CDC contracted 2 referral laboratories (NY State and FL) as reference laboratories for APTIMA from other public health labs
Where s my Western blot?
Phoenix ED Screening July 2011 through February 2013 4 th gen screening of patients who had blood drawn 15% of patients declined testing 13,014 patients tested 37 (0.3%) new HIV infections 12 (32.4%) had Acute HIV Infection (antibody negative) Median viral load: Patients with acute infections: 3.6 million Patients with established infections: 27,000 -MMWR June 21, 2013
Implementation: Massachusetts First 12 months 7,984 specimens tested 258 (3.2%) positive for HIV-1 1 (0.01%) positive for HIV-2 8 (0.10%) acute HIV infections 6 = 3 rd gen EIA negative, WB negative 2 = 3 rd gen EIA reactive, WB indeterminate
http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23447
Implications Faster turnaround time for antibody test results Ability to detect acute HIV infection New case definition: HIV Stage 0 Focus for partner services and intervention efforts Ability to detect HIV-2 infections False-Negative results with viral load tests Do not respond to many ARVs, e.g. NNRTI s and several protease inhibitors 39
Summary New assays detect HIV infection sooner Updated recommendations allow earlier, more accurate diagnosis of HIV infection Acute HIV infection plays a major role in sustaining onward HIV transmission New testing algorithm will routinely detect acute HIV infection and HIV-2
Additional Information 2011 Journal of Clinical Virology Supplement Open access: www.journalofclinicalvirology.com 2013 Journal of Clinical Virology Supplement Open access: www.journalofclinicalvirology.com CDC HIV testing web site http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/index.html