Hiv Laboratory Interpretation

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Normal Laboratory Values

Important Notes Each commercial laboratory has its own set of"normal" values, called "Normal Range" or"Reference Range" on your lab report. These valuesdepend on the equipment or method used. Compare your results tothe range shown on your lab report. Results that are "outof range" may not represent a problem. Your test resultscan be affected by several factors, including your age or gender,if you are pregnant, the time of day when the sample was...

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pls interpret my laboratory exam

HSbAg- Non ReactiveA-hbS- ReactiveCut Off value- 10.0Patient Count-77.2...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

The answer is dependent on your history, since I am missing a piece of information - your HB core antibody.If you have a history of vaccination, this suggests an excellent immune response.If you never had a vaccination for HBV, then you may have... Read more »

Lab report interpretation NEEDED

Hello Dr. McGovernI am 25 years old male. Please help me out with my lab report. Under Serology/Infectious Disease heading the following appears:FEBRILE AGGLUTINATIONRapid Plasma Reagin...Non-ReactiveTreponema Hema....

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

It appears that you have been vaccinated for hepatitis B or had prior infection that cleared. You will need testing of HB core antibody to tell the difference.... Read more »

help in interpreting the test results pleasessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Before August 2004, I had five to six unprotected encounters. Later I found out that out those six, three girls where drug addicts. That drove me wild. Here some of test I have done in past, please help me to Interpret them:1. Ist test set done in...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I would not pursue further testing.You are negative for multiple STDs and that is great.No further testing is needed.Dr. M... Read more »

Interpreting HIV and testing statistics (HIV STATISTICS)

Greetings. I recently tested HIV+ on a rapid blood test, and am awaiting Western Blot results. Needless to say, I'm extremely worried, almost resigned. I've been reading about testing statistics and through questions on this forum, and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,I'll respond to your three specific questions first:1.The sensitivity and specificity of a test assume the test is performed properly and free from confounding variables.2.The estimated statistical risk assumes unprotected sex with a partner... Read more »

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Check this out, anyone want to interpret?

Posted by DUDE, 2 Replies

Hey, I pulled this off of http://hopkins-aids.edu/frames/index_booktoc.html.
What a great source, I pulled this paragraph out.
The window period: The time delay from infection to positive serology (EIA and WB)
averages 21 days with newer... Read more »

Help interpretting Results

Posted by rkandy, 5 Replies

Test taken after 3 months of exposure. Got the antibody result, and was told NEGATIVE. Greatly appreciate if someone can provide details on specifics of the result. Below is the result:

Tests performed by Lab Corp

HIV 1/O/2 Abs, Qual Non Reactive ... Read more »

4th Generation HIV Test

Posted by Trophy

An arsenal of laboratory methods are available to screen blood, diagnose infection, and monitor disease progression in individuals infected by HIV. These tests can be classified into those that: (a) detect antibody, (b) identify antigen, (c) detect... Read more »

What is this?? Please interpret for me!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Im a 29 year male. I had a possible exposure and I tested first, this is what they wrote on the result sheet: NONREACTIVE= 0.45 Cut off value= 1.0
Just last week I tested again and this was the result:
NONREACTIVE= 0.30 Cut off value= 1.0
My... Read more »

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