How Often Should I Take An AIDS Test

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Be Greater Than AIDS: Get Yourself Tested Week Promotes Free HIV Testing June 19-27, 2010

New York, NY -- The first Be Greater Than AIDS: Get Yourself Tested Week will kick off on June 19th, calling on Americans, especially young people, to get tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the week leading up to... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS Testing: Men Who Have Sex With Men Should Undergo Frequent HIV Testing

In the current study, Randall A. Roark and colleagues at the University of California-San Francisco reported, "HIV counseling and testing has been a cornerstone of AIDS prevention strategies, with men who have sex with men [MSM] being specifically... Read more »

Kenyans Encouraged to Go for AIDS Test

President Mwai Kibaki has called on Kenyans to get tested for HIV/AIDS, the local newspaper Daily Nation reported Monday. Kibaki said that Kenyans still fear to speak openly about AIDS, and this has resulted in increased infection rates in the... Read more »

Ask the Experts

aids testing

can aids be revealed just by getting a regular blood test or must i get an HIV/AIDS test. please reply as soon as im sooooo worried and dont have money 4 an aids test. thank you...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,"Regular" blood tests do not detect HIV/AIDS. You will need an HIV-specific test to determine if you are HIV positive or not. I don't know where you are writing from, but if you cannot afford and HIV screening test, there may well... Read more »

I was with someone who had passed away from AIDS but my test results keep coming back negative, it's been eight years since last contact.Does that mean I'm okay or it just as't showed up in my blood yet.

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Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Eight years? You can get a reliable HIV test after 8 months! If you test negative, that means you were not infected in that encounter, fortunate soul. It's time to move on. Continue to take care of yourself and protect yourself from HIV... Read more »

Pre-Employment HIV/AIDS Testing

Can an employer required HIV/AIDS testing as a condition of employment? Are there any laws to protect a person with HIV/AIDS from being tested as a condition of employment?...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Surgeon? Pilot? No? Then an employer cannot demand HIV testing. None of employer's business.... Read more »

HIV & AIDS Testing

Do the ELISA & Western Blot tests only test for HIV or do they test for AIDS as well. If you have progressed to AIDS will the western blot test come back negative? ...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

AIDS is a late manifestation of HIV infection. Thus, the HIV tests will be positive if someone has AIDS.... Read more »

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HIV/AIDS101 TEST FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER (Cata

Posted by Anonymous

1. How many Chalmydia cases take place in the US every
year ?

2. It is 10 times easier for a woman to get HIV than a man. True or False ?

3. How many sexually transmitted diseases are there ?
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AIDS anxiety and getting tested

Posted by Anonymous

Anyone who thinks they may be HIV positive should get tested.
In 1988, when the virus was killing many, I developed a condition entitled "AIDS ANXIETY".
This condition can literally drive you nuts! Checking yourself constantly for symptoms, Going... Read more »

Testing for AIDS HIV and other STDs

Posted by Anonymous

Getting tested for the standard STD clinic tests works better than just getting one test because the tests are cross indicators. Often people with an STD have more than one infection.

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Way too scared now to test....AIDS leading cause

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

of death in San Francisco. The article is posted right on the main page of The Body. Read more »

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