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Do They Test For Hiv Antibodies When You Are Pregnant
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HIV/ HCV antibody test conculuve 6 months?? Pregnant and scared!Hi Doctor,I am 36 weeks pregnant. I had a unprotected sex on December 28th 2010. I have tested for HCV 27 weeks after exposure with a antibody test which was negative. I tested for HIV antibody 30 weeks after exposure that was negative too. Just...
Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
You certainly may have pain in the right side, but this is not from hepatitis C. I don't think you need any further testing since you have a negative HCV antibody test. You are negative for HIV.As your doctor suggested, no further testing is...
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HIV/HCV 6 month antibody negative 36 weeks pregnant HELP!Dr. Bob,I had unprotected sex on December 28th 2010. I have tested 27 weeks HCV antibody negative... Read more »Is HIV- antibodies the best test to detect HIV+? (ELITE CONTROLLERS, 2010) (ELITE SUPPRESSORS, 2010)I have a friend of mind who hasn't taken any medications for HIV since 2006 and has maintained... Read more »
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Chembio Diagnostics Receives Order for 990,000 Rapid HIV Tests to Screen Pregnant Women in MexicoMedford, N.Y.-based Chembio Diagnostics on Monday announced that it has received an order from a Mexican distributor for 990,000 of its rapid HIV test Sure Check HIV 1/2 to screen pregnant women in Mexico, the Long Island Newsday reports... Read more »
HIV TestingWhy Should You Get Tested for HIV? What Are HIV Antibody Tests? ELISA Western Blot (WB) Assay Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA) Window Period Interpretation of Test Results Accuracy... Read more »
Testing for HIVTerms Used in This Fact Sheet HIV antibody test: An HIV test that checks for HIV antibodiesin a person's blood, urine, or fluids from the mouth. When the body is infected with HIV, the immune system produces HIV antibodies. Mother-to-child... Read more »
Rapid HIV Tests: Questions/AnswersWhat has been the routine test for HIV antibody testing? The standard screening test for antibody to HIV is the enzyme immunoasssay (EIA), which iswidely used in the United States and around the world. This test requires serum or plasma, so ablood... Read more »
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Need advice regarding my HIV antibody test
Posted by goingcrazy1000, 1 Reply
Hello:I really need some feedback regarding my HIV antibody test I took on August 25, 2008. Here I go with my story...I am married for 12 years with three children. I made the biggest mistake of my life!! I started having an affair September 2007... Read more » Can HIV antibodies cross react in a herpes test
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi folks,I am wondering if HIV antibodies can be mistakenly be picked up by HSV-2 IgG ELISA. This may cause false positive for HSV-2. ELISA (even for HSV-2) being a more sensitive test as compared to specific has been always known to throw in false... Read more » HIV Antibody Testing
Posted by sunkyst, 3 Replies
Does anyone know why HIV antibody tests are done, rather than just directly checking for the HIV virus in the bloodstream? In HIV+ people, their blood can be checked for viral loads, why can't they do this when doing a HIV test, rather than test...
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HIV ANTI-BODY TEST & THE WINDOW PERIOD TIME FRAME
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Good Day,Here's what the nation's leading authority on HIV testing has to say about the HIV anti-body test and the time it takes to detect infection. Oh, and let us not bastardize this information to sooth our worries. The CDC (Center for Disease... Read more »
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