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Accuracy of 1st Generation Elisa

Would a Negative result via 1st Gen Elisa at 23 weeks be considered as accurate as a 3rd Generation Elisa.Thanks for all your help...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

A 1st generation ELISA at 23 weeks after exposure is likely to be as accurate as a 3rd generation ELISA at three months. Early generation assays will detect antibodies to HIV in about 6 to 12 weeks following exposure; newer generation (3rd and 4th)... Read more »

ELISA Test Generation. Please reply...its my 3rd post. HELP!

Dr Bob,I have posted a few times previously and hope you can spare some time to reply to my... Read more »

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Accuracy of 4th Generation test after 4 weeks post-PEP

Hi Dr. Weidman,I wonder what is the accuracy of a negative result from a 4th Generation EIA 33... Read more »

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H. »

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18 MONTHS TO FIND OUT latest ELISA tests

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

It took me over a year and a half to figure out all the baloney that I was being fed from different doctors and clinics. They were giving me all kinds of misinformation about the different generation ELISA tests. To cut through all the medical... Read more »

1st, 2nd & 3rd Generation ELISA

Posted by Hobgoblin, 3 Replies

Has anyone read a previous post on this matter?

If I remember rightly, somebody posted that testing negative at 3 months on an 3rd Generation ELISA is all one needs as this type of test is highly sensative.

And that if you tested negative on a 1st... Read more »

Generation Of Elisa

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anybody know what generation or version of Elisa antibody screening test that the Navy uses? Does the Navy only test for HIV-1? How about HIV-2? I've heard that older versions of antibody tests do not test for all the different strains of... Read more »

Different Generation of ELISA ?????

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I emailed Quest regarding the test generation I had because it was conducted approximately 2 months after my possible exposure, and I wanted to know the reliability of my test. They emailed me back with this response:

Thank you for your inquiry to... Read more »

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