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Hepatitis And Hiv Test False Positive
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Ask the Experts
false hiv + testing_HepatitisHello,-Can a recent vaccination against Hepatitis B cause a false HIV + testing?-If it is yes, how can it be proven that the individual is actually not HIV + and it is a false testing because of the recent Hepatitis B vaccination?-Can we call this...
Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
I would not suspect that the vaccine was a cause of a false positive HIV test....
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Gardasil plus flu vaccine, false positive HIV?(INFLUENZA VACCINATION AND INDETERMINATE WESTERN BLOT TESTS) (FLU SHOT AND FALSE POSITIVE HIV TESTS)A week ago my 17-year-old daughter received a letter from Red Cross indicating she screened HIV... Read more »False Positives. Does Chronic HCV affect an HIV test?Hello Dr. McGovern. Thanks for the information you provided to me. I know that Orasure tests and... Read more »
Articles
San Francisco Clinics Getting High False-Positive Rate on Oral HIV TestAccording to San Francisco Department of Public Health officials, analyses of more than 6,000 rapid-result oral HIV tests conducted in city public health clinics since spring found 47 positive results in patients who were negative in follow-up... Read more »
Six Testing Sites Discontinue Use of OraQuick Oral HIV Test as FDA, CDC Investigate False-Positive ResultsAt least six testing sites in San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles earlier this month discontinued use of OraSure Technologies ' oral OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test, as CDC and FDA investigate reports of an abnormal number of... Read more »
San Francisco, NYC Report False Positives From OraQuick Oral HIV Test; CDC to Issue Advisory Recommending Additional TestCDC 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 »
MMWR Report Examines False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests"False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests --- New York City, 2005--2008 ," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report : MMWR examines recent increase in the number of false-positive HIV test results in oral fluid testing with OraSure Technologies '... Read more »
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I tested Positive, My boyfriend didnt, False positive?
Posted by ruraltgwoman, 1 Reply
I tested positive for HIV on 12/10. My boyfriend just got his results back today 12/21. His results came back negative.We have been having unprotected sex for the last 4 years and have been together for 5. I have only been wih him during that... Read more » The 3d Generation Test and False Positives: Help!
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
I've been reading what people like Not Scared and others have written about the 3d generation Elisa test that tests for both HIV-1 and HIV-2. I got one of those blood tests yesterday and it is being sent to the Nichols Institute in California. I...
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Am I being ridiculous? Hiv false positive scare
Posted by belk13, 7 Replies
Hello.. i tested "false positive" at the local clinic with an ora-sure rapid hiv 1/2 kit.. they immediatley followed it up with a second test (elisa) that was negative.. They had me return for an additional elisa 6 months past last "exposure" also...
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hiv false positive?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
My girlfriend tested positive on elisa at two labs.But both the labs separately send it for western blot to the same lab,The two western blot reports came back negative, Do we need to worry. I also on receiving the elisa report of my girlfriend ... Read more »
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