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Early and complete detection of HIV enables the individual to be treated sooner, slowing the progression of the disease, extending their life and improving quality of life. In the U.S., a person is infected with HIV every 9.5 minutes. Early detection would slow the spread of the epidemic preventing additional individuals from being infected. This would lead to reduction in healthcare costs since every infected person in the U.S. costs the healthcare system over
$600,000 in lifetime costs.

Early and complete detection of HCV enables the individual to be treated sooner, with greater chances of eradicating the virus and of slowing the progression of the disease, extending his life and improving its quality. In the U.S., a person is infected with HCV every 20 minutes. Early detection would slow the spread of the epidemic preventing additional individuals from being infected as well as enable treatment to slow the progression of infected individuals who are detected at earlier stages of the disease. This would lead to reduction in healthcare costs since current U.S. healthcare costs for HCV total $30 Billion.