HIV testing is a key factor in HIV prevention in the USA. Individuals must be diagnosed to have the opportunity to access care, treatment and prevention services. HIV testing and knowledge of HIV ...
Dear Readers: A few weeks ago, I published a letter from a reader who said he had received a positive result from an HIV test, and was advised to be retested in six months. The writer was so ...
WASHINGTON – Doctors may now offer urine-only testing for the AIDS virus. Calypte Biomedical Corp. announced Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved its urine HIV Western blot test.
A quick, readily available test for the AIDS virus that offers results in half an hour may not only be faster but also much cheaper than standard tests that take weeks to deliver results, a new study ...
Impaired antibody response in an AIDS patient compromised the accuracy of the test. The OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test has transformed HIV testing from a cumbersome process to a rapid ...
Sample blood collection tube with HIV test label on HIV infection screening test form. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Room's Studio) A non-reactive HIV test result generally means good news – you ...
Anti-p24 reactions in sera from 42 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-l)-infected and 36 uninfected people with indeterminate Western blot antibody tests for HIV-1 were studied. Anti-p24 ...
Rapid testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) provides timely results for women in labor which may permit a window of opportunity sufficient for interventions to decrease HIV transmission to ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X About a quarter of Americans who have HIV don’t know it. With a makeshift tent and a 10-minute, ...
A misinterpretation of VISP can be minimized by clinicians obtaining a complete patient history (e.g., participation in an HIV vaccine trial) and interpretation of the Western blot and HIV RNA." Story ...
Reason contributor Terry Michael investigates a military trial in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina that ended with the acquittal of an Army sergeant of charges that he didn't inform sexual partners of his ...