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Instant HIV test Conclusive?

Let me 1st start by saying someone with HIV/AIDS tried to infect me threw a blowjob...Bit their lip and dabbed the tip of my penis with blood! I have been scared to get tested and bought an instant HIV test online that says 99.9% accurate..The test...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Assuming it was a reliable home test kit, such as the FDA-approved Home Access Express Test, yes, a negative test a year after a potential exposure would be considered definitive and conclusive.Dr. Bob... Read more »

is instant hiv test possible?

sir,i am an engineer working on a project related to aids involving tech based ideas.i would like... Read more »

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

Instant Home Test Kits

HelloHas there been any examination RECENTLY on the reliability of the 20-40 home test kits...where... Read more »

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Illinois: AIDS Warnings, Instantly; Chicago Woman Living With HIV for More Than 20 Years Uses Twitter to Quickly Broadcast Safe-Sex Messages, Urge Testing

Following her HIV diagnosis in 1986, Chicago-based Rae Lewis-Thornton made it her mission to promote AIDS education by speaking out at schools and colleges, writing first-person magazine articles, and producing TV segments on the topic. Appearing on... Read more »

Kenya: Instant Infant HIV Diagnosis to Be Rolled Out in Rural Areas

Last year, students at Kenya's Strathmore University began software development on a database system to help speed up the delivery of HIV test results for infants in remote areas. Diagnosis within six weeks of birth ensures the timely initiation of... Read more »

Reasons for Not HIV Testing, Testing Intentions and Potential Use of an Over-the-Counter Rapid HIV Test in an Internet Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Have Never Tested for HIV

The correlates of the main reasons for not HIV testing, HIV testing intentions, and the potential use of an over-the-counter rapid HIV test (OTCRT) among men who have sex with men who have never tested for HIV (NTMSM) are unknown, the authors wrote.... Read more »

AAHIVM Reaffirms Support for Routine HIV Testing, Calls Upon All Medical Providers to Perform at Least One HIV Test on National HIV Testing Day June 27

Washington, D.C. -- With the overhaul of the nation's health care system at center stage for the White House, the Congress and the country, the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), on National HIV Testing Day 2009, affirms its commitment to... Read more »

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Hiv 1/2 reliability vs Hiv-2 stand alone test ?

Posted by SRCHFRANS34, 1 Reply

Does anyone know the % of accuracy for Hiv-2 antibody detection with current Elisa 1/2 antibody tests ? Some of the 4-5 year old posted answers in the archives say 70% accuracy for Hiv-2 , has that changed with today's 1/2 tests ? I'm Finding a... Read more »

oraquick hiv otc test question

Posted by kbuddy77, 3 Replies

I have a quick question for you .... I took the new oraquick test last night cause i had already ordered it i ran the test and the red line at "C" was there No red line at "T" But if you looked very closley with a flashlight you could see a... Read more »

HIV infected negative test

Posted by ruans, 6 Replies

I've only seen 2 cases here worthy of worry; red32 (had relation with HIV+ person, developed, candida, 15 days fever, etc...to this day has neuropathy same as his wife; and myself with a very similar simptomatology and serology (cd4/cd8).

I am... Read more »

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