Hiv Testing Screening And Confirmatory

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is rapid test confirmatory

hi doc.my wife did her test when she got pregnant. we discovered she was +. on the next day, i did a rapid test which was reactive. showed 2 lines. should i take that as the final verdict of my status? my wife test was elisa!...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Actually neither you nor your wife should take your screening ELISA or rapid test results as a "final verdict." You both need confirmatory tests, which hopefully your physician has already ordered for you. If not, that's your... Read more »

home access express HIV-1 +, any confirmatory home test?

i tested positive with the Home Access Express HIV-1 test system. is there any HOME TESTING... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

DNA PCR - A Confirmatory Test?

Dr. Holodniy, is a Qualitative DNA PCR considered to be a confirming diagnostic test? If so, who... Read more »

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FDA OKs Second HIV Donor Screening Test

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test, the Abbott Prism HIV O Plus assay, that detects HIV antibodies in donated blood and organs. The test is one of five that run on Abbott's fully automated Prism System. FDA said the test... Read more »

Assessing Targeted Screening and Low Rates of HIV Testing

At the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C., (VAMC-DC), written informed consent along with HIV pretest and post-test counseling had, until recently, been required by federal law, explained the study authors. They sought to assess... Read more »

Routine HIV Screening in the Emergency Department Using the New U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines: Results From a High-Prevalence Area

CDC's latest guidelines for routine HIV testing, released in 2006, include recommendations that emergency departments (EDs) offer routine opt-out screening to their patients. The authors established a testing program implementing these... Read more »

New HIV Screening Recommendations Off the Mark

According to the federal government, everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 should be tested for HIV if they seek health care in the United States. This comes from new recommendations rolled out at the end of September by the Centers for Disease... Read more »

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4th Generation HIV Test

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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 »

Eliza Screens IFA Confirmatio- Is this a good test

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I used a homes testing kit that uses this type of test(Eliza Screen and IFA Confirmation) . I got a Negitive result after nine weeks. what is th chance of having HIV Read more »

Screening and window period

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Accuracy of Screening Tests

The initial screening test to detect antibodies to HIV is the enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Commercially available EIAs use antigens from whole disrupted virus (first generation), recombinant viral proteins (second... Read more »

Do thjey screen pregnant woman for hiv?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

My ex husband girlfriend is pregnant and she does not know that he has hiv. He swore to me he was careful. Will they screen her for HIV in her pregnancy? I am so freaked out. The baby is in danger and I don't want to get involved since he has... Read more »

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