Accuracy Of Hiv Test At 7 Weeks

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Testing for Hiv-accuracy of test after Exposure!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Anyone please help with this one!! IF you had a possible exposure to Hiv, how long Before Tests will pick up the infection, and how accurate are the rapid Hiv tests against the Elisa tests? If you are Elisa negative at 8 weeks after infection and 12... Read more »

accuracy of different kinds of tests

Posted by JillianB, 2 Replies

Is one type of HIV test any more accurate than the other? I had a rapid test done (not the oral one, the one that uses a blood sample, sorry I don't know the name) at 7 weeks and plan to have the same test done at 13 weeks. I just read a post by... Read more »

Test Accuracy

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I've read all of the archives and posts and I understand that a pcr DNA HIV test is not a recommended test for diagnostic purposes according to the CDC primarily because of the risk of false positives and the price. Those two issues aside, how... Read more »

Abbott ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab Combo assay Accuracy

Posted by pupiz, 1 Reply

Hi, all. I had an exposure June 25 and ran across this particular 4th generation test that was approved by the FDA in 2010. I am not sure about the accuracy of it. I took an HIV test at 19 days and it was negative. I know that it is not conclusive,... Read more »

chart with approximate accuracy of HIV antibody ??

Posted by sinso, 2 Replies

I have reading and found this
A person who has contracted HIV may show up positive as early as two weeks after the time they were infected. According to page 11 of the Module 6 Training Manual from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,... Read more »

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Quanitative PCR Test Accuracy 3 weeks following exposure!

I know with certainty I was exposed to HIV via anal intercourse about 3 weeks ago.....My doctor directed a quanitative PCR viral load test....Will the test definately show the virus present even though it has been 3 weeks since exposure? I know the...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

It certainly can be positive at 3 weeks, and if it is, can confirm infection. Although if it is negative, infection could still be present, and the test just not positive yet.MH... Read more »

Follow up to 6 and 8-week test accuracy from Oral Sex...

Dr Bob, I have just donated to your foundation, and feel honored to assist any way I can. I appreciate your response to my previous post regarding my triple blowjobs over a weekend. I cannot say that I am proud of my antics, but alas, they are...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi David,Thanks for your thanks and your donation to the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org). Both are warmly appreciated.Regarding HIV-associated lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes), yes, in general they would be... Read more »

Accuracy of 4th Generation test after 4 weeks post-PEP

Hi Dr. Weidman,I wonder what is the accuracy of a negative result from a 4th Generation EIA 33 days after completing PEP ( 63 days post-exposure). The risk was: Protected receptive anal sex, performing fellatio without condom without ejaculation,...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

Hello there-Typically 4th generation tests can be presumed to be accurate by 2-3 weeks post exposure. Certainly I would expect it to be accurate at 2 months. To be sure, you could get an HIV viral load test now or repeat the 4th gen at 90 days. My... Read more »

6 and 8-week test accuracy after oral sex...

Dr. Bob, First of all, after reading through your site, I am so taken back by all the great things that are going on here... I am going to be donating to your Foundation!!! What great work! My question is this... I performed oral sex on...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi David,Three blowjobs on three different guys within three days while traveling in New York!?! Hmm . . . if this was a business trip, I'd like to know what line of business you are in. If this was vacation, I'd like to get the name of... Read more »

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FDA Panel Calls on Orasure to Devise Trials to Test Accuracy, Safety of OraQuick Oral HIV Test

The FDA Blood Products Advisory Committee in a public hearing on Friday told Bethlehem, Pa.-based OraSure Technologies that it must devise a clinical study to test the accuracy and safety of its oral OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Head-to-Head Comparison of Accuracy of a Rapid Point-of-Care HIV Test With Oral Versus Whole-Blood Specimens: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

In the current study, the researchers sought to establish whether a convenient, non-invasive HIV test that uses oral fluid was accurate compared with using the same test with blood-based specimens. The systematic review and meta-analysis compared... Read more »

Utilizing the Internet to Test for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Results of a Survey and Accuracy Testing

Acknowledging that searching the World Wide Web for information about sexually transmitted infections is common, the authors carried out the current study to determine which Internet sites offer STI testing and to obtain information about the... Read more »

San Francisco, NYC Report False Positives From OraQuick Oral HIV Test; CDC to Issue Advisory Recommending Additional Test

CDC this week will issue a public health advisory recommending that all HIV-positive results from OraSure Technologies ' oral, rapid HIV tests be followed up by the company's rapid "finger stick" test after reports of an "unusual" number of... Read more »

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