Cut In Mouth Elisa

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HIV and the Mouth

Other Oral Conditions of HIV Disease The two most common conditions that may not be caused by an infection include dry mouth and small round mouth sores, called aphthous ulcers . Dry Mouth Dry mouth, or xerostomia , is a common condition in HIV disease that may have a variety of causes. HIV disease itself may cause dry mouth because HIV-related salivary disease causes swollen salivary glands (glands in the mouth that produce saliva, or...

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Elisa Hepatites C Test Cut off value & patiet value

I have gone through a Elisa method test. The result are Cut off Value=1 Patient Value=0.211 . Please tell me about the situation and what it means? ...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Since your result is less than the cut-off, the test is non-reactive...which is good news.... Read more »

Re:why the same lab contains different cut off OD's for the elisa.

Hi Joe,Thank you very much....

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

You are welcome.... Read more »

why the same lab contains different cut off OD's for the elisa.

Hi Sir,I am Sr. I had sex with girl in november 2008.In 2009 june i got fever and body pains. And i took the tablets for 15 days. after seven days fever went off.At the 28 june I went for total body checkup. At that time hiv status came negative.In...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Sr.Let me try to address your questions.1) The Elisa tests are run periodically in the lab, different labs may use different kits to run the test. Each time the test is run the machines are calibrated to provide the cutoff for that run. That is... Read more »

cut mouth after oral...2nd try...donation made

I know that having cuts in the mouth would increase the risk of HIV tranmission from oral sex. In my case, however, I suffered a fairly bad cut to my lip/gums about 2 hours AFTER performing oral sex on a female escort (light licking, tongue did not...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,If the waiter delivers dessert to your table after you've paid the bill and left the restaurant, would you get fatter from the extra calories??? No, of course not. The same thing applies to getting a cut in your mouth two hours after... Read more »

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HIV RNA TESTING CUTS THE WINDOW PERIOD WITH ELISA

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Planned Parenthood... Elisa???

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Does anyone know if the blood draw test provided at Planned Parenthood (the one that takes 3-5 business days); is that an ELISA? I asked them, but the girl didn't seem to know. I will appreciate your info. Read more »

Sores in Mouth, Negative tests, What is going on?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I have sucked a guy in 18 July 2005. He did not cum in to my mouth but I sure tasted some of his precum. I had taken a ELISA test in 27 September, 2005 and I asked the guy I sucked to take a ELISA test in 30 September 2005 (10 - 10.5 weeks after... Read more »

Abbot Elisa positively the best!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

National HIV Reference Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital, Victoria, Australia.

Two competitive anti-HIV ELISA screening assays (Behring and Wellcozyme) and two second generation assays using antigens generated by recombinant DNA technology (Abbott) and... Read more »

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