Eia Hiv 1 And 2 Testing By Quest Labs

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To those concerned with Quest Labs

Posted by Anonymous

I was reading the posts under First vs. Third and someone posted that Quest labs don't use third generation tests. I tested at my doctors office and requested a copy of the result. The lab that performed the test is called Bio-Refrence and their... Read more »

Quest Labs

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Can you get anonymous testing and pay cash if you go directly to a Quest Lab for ELISA/WB and/or other HIV tests?

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To geop and others re: quest labs

Posted by notanonymous, 2 Replies

i did a search on the safe sex forum and found this post. maybe they still offer 1st generation too, i don't know. it might depend on who orders it and what is ordered. i am concerned too, i was told by the third party i ordered the test from it was... Read more »

How reliable is the EIA test?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Started having some symptoms after unprotective, insertive vaginal sex with a risky woman years ago. Small red spots on ankles and elsewhere that look a lot like KS to me. They aren't going away. Anyway, got an EIA test and it came back negative.... Read more »

testing w/ ehiv or other sites using quest?

Posted by Anonymous

There are a couple of sites that you can arrange to go and have a blood drawn for a hiv test at a local Quest Diagnostics. Some of these sites say that they use "1st generation" (and they tell you to test at 3 and 6 months) testing and others "3rd... Read more »

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diffrence between hiv infection and hiv 1/2 eia oositive and confimation negative

i was tested in september and was eia1/2 positive but confimatory westernBlot1 negative so am i called hiv positive or negative? in my lab test report it was written that negative westernBlot does not exclude hiv infection what does it mean? and i...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Assuming you had this test taken six months after your last unprotected sexual exposure to your first husband (I'm assuming he died of AIDS), your results would indicate you are definitively HIV negative. A positive EIA and negative... Read more »

QUEST LABS

Hello Ryan. On 10-14-01, a person on this forum claimed that he (or she) was getting his blood tested for HIV over the course of 5 months by a Lab called Quest. He said his doctor called Quest Labs and learned that they were utilizing first...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Thank you for the update. It's difficult for me to comment on communication between doctor and patient and to guess as to what happened in that situation. It is important for patients to talk with their doctors and clarify any information that... Read more »

Poitive EIA test, negative rapid screening

Hi there, I had to do a routine HIV test for a VISA immigration procedure. The initial EIA test was positive. The lab followed that up with a rapid screening, which came out negative. Now, the blood has been sent for further testing (I assume for a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,False-positive EIA results do occur. I can't give an exact statistical incidence, because it varies somewhat depending on the exact type of test you had performed. That you had a subsequent negative rapid test is very encouraging and... Read more »

HIV 1 AND 2 AB, EIA

Hi, I recently rec'vd my HIV test results and the results indicated: NONREACTIVE [NR] What does this mean, the test was performed by-Bayer Centaur Chemiluminescence...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,How is it possible for a physician or clinic to order an HIV test for someone and then not explain what the result actually means??? That just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. "Nonreactive" means that anti-HIV antibodies... Read more »

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