How Accurate Are Current Hiv Tests At 5 Weeks

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Cameroon's HIV Prevalence Drops From 12% to 5.5% Because of More Accurate Testing Methods, New Survey Shows

Cameroon's HIV prevalence has dropped from about 12% in 2003 to 5.5% this year, according to a new health survey released Wednesday by the country's National AIDS Control Committee, the Associated Press reports. Health officials stressed that the... Read more »

Innovative Rapid HIV Test Appears to Detect Acute HIV; OraQuick Rapid Saliva Tests Found to Be Not Very Accurate for High Risk Testers

My name's Chris Pilcher and I'm a HIV researcher from UCSF [University of California, San Francisco]. I'm principally interested in HIV diagnostics and particularly in detecting and managing acute HIV infection. The poster is appropriately titled,... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

General and Laboratory Considerations: Rapid HIV Tests Currently Available in the United States

Rapid HIV tests are simple to use and require little or no specialized equipment. They make it possible to provide test results at the time the test is done. Six rapid HIV tests approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are... Read more »

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Accurate HIV testing Window

Hi there! I answer questions for people inquiring about HIV and safe sex and STD's on a forum. According to thebody.com, a conclusive test is at 3 months, after testing first at 6 weeks. Someone told me my information is outdated and the...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hi The guidelines for testing are changing as testing is becoming more sensitive. It used to be someone had to be tested for a year, then it was reduced to 6 months and currently 3 months and there are test that are becoming available that are 1 and... Read more »

CDC worker told me Oraquick rapid test was 95% accurate at three weeks.

Dear Dr. Bob,I had a worker at the CDC tell me that Oraquick rapid testing was 95% accurate at three weeks.She didn't say it was definative, but said most folks will produce detectable antibodies within two to three weeks.How true is this.I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Barry,I agree that "most folks will produce detectable antibodies within two to three weeks," if they are HIV infected. However, I cannot verify the 95% statistic. Even if it were accurate, 95% would not be sufficiently high enough... Read more »

How Accurate is my test

I am relived to say after a few months of worrying I tested HIV negative. I appreciate all the support that is given here and the prompt way you respond to questions. I am 20 years old and this was the only source that I depended on as it was hard...

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W.

Psychotherapist and Author

There is no simple answer to why anyone would talk about being HIV negative. You raise an important and disturbing consideration which is that people do not always tell the truth, especially about something as highly charged as their HIV status.... Read more »

accurancy of 8 week

hi, expert.im going to take a hiv test tomorrow i have 8 week. my incident was, that somebody inyected me and poked me with a neddle while i was sleeping , next day i just saw y my arm the red dot because of my blood and the injury.ok, if it came...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiThe guidelines for HIV testing are to be initially tested at 3 weeks then again at 3 months, if both of these tests are negative then so are you, as long as there were no other types of exposure during that 3 month period, if so then the timing... Read more »

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how accurate is a 1-week test?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I just took a test at 7 days post being exposed to hiv. anyone know how accurate this might be or what the percentage is of infected people that will be positiive at this point? i'm not sure of the exact test that was done. The doctor said we should... Read more »

how accurate is hiv dna test

Posted by gpboy, 1 Reply

i have given hiv dna pcr test on 9th day after probable exposure.

i am waiting for the results in next two days. can any one say how much i can trust this test results? Read more »

Experts-Are any HIV test really 100% accurate?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

How reliable are any of these test? Has there ever been false negatives for PCR after 28 days? Also, what's the number of documented cases of Elisa or Home access negative at 9 weeks to be positive at 13 weeks? Where and who came up with the 13 week... Read more »

How accurate is this tests

Posted by diskpart, 2 Replies

I had a risky encounter about 8 and a half - 9 months back.

last week i went to the doctor and i Did a HIV 1/2 Ab + P24 Ag test.

How accurate wil this test be at 9 months? before that i also did a HIV PCR test. is that also acurate?

Thanx in advance

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