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Prep Instructions Rapid Hiv Test
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Simple - The Urinal -- Help Dr. Bob - Also instructions to make a Donation (BACKSPLASH, 2010)Dr. Bob. Quick Question, I used a urnial in the mall. Don't know if the guy that passed me used the same one or not. But I walked up to it and used it. I felt a little splahing from the back of the urnial. (you know where the water runs down...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello Steve,HIV from a urinal backsplash??? Nope. No way. No how. Steve, if HIV were transmitted that easily, it would have wiped out the entire planet (well, at least those of us who pee standing up) long ago. Actually, "backsplash"...
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Failure to follow simple instructions!Hello once again Dr. BobJust to clarify clear instructions were given by you single antibody test... Read more »Oraquick Rapid HIV Test Chewed Gum Before TestingI had taken a oraquick oral test the other day at a testing center. It has been 3 years since the... Read more »
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Supervised Blood-Based Self-Sample Collection and Rapid Test Performance: A Valuable Alternative to the Use of Saliva by HIV Testing Programs With No Medical or Nursing StaffSome saliva-based HIV testing initiatives, the authors wrote, "have resulted in an unacceptable percentage of false positives," while in many countries doctors or nurses are required for blood-based HIV testing programs. In the current study, 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 TestersMy 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 »
Ukrainian President Yushchenko Instructs Cabinet Ministers to Draft National HIV/AIDS Program for 2009-2013Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko recently released a document instructing ministers in the country's Cabinet to draft and approve a national HIV/AIDS program for 2009 to 2013, the Ukrainian News reports. Yushchenko gave the ministers a... Read more »
Two Major Studies Prove HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Works in Heterosexual Women and Men; Build on iPrEx Data Showing PrEP Reduces HIV Infections in Men Who Have Sex With MenThe following statement was released by iPrEx Protocol Chair Robert Grant, MD, MPH of the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California at San Francisco. "Today's news from the Partners PrEP and CDC Botswana (TDF2) studies detailing the... Read more »
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What generaton is a rapid hiv test?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Does anyone know what generaton a rapid hiv test is? I think it is third but I am not positive.Read more » Rapid oral HIV test wins FDA approval
Posted by Anonymous
Rapid oral HIV test wins FDA approvalFriday, March 26, 2004 Posted: 4:02 PM EST (2102 GMT) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story Tools --------------------------------------------------------------------... Read more » Rapid HIV tests. PLEASE help!
Posted by asdf646, 2 Replies
Can anyone please give me any information about the accuracy of rapid HIV tests ( particularly the unigold finger prick).I've had a negative result at 3, 6, and 12 months post exposure, but for some reason, I can't get the HIV scare out of my mind.... Read more » HIV Rapid Oral Fluid Test Accuracy.
Posted by Baily, 1 Reply
Does anyone know about HIV rapid oral fluid test's accuracy. I have been reading mixed reviews that the rapid oral test has a history of false negitives and does not preform as what the manufactor claims >99%.I tested with an oral fluid test at... Read more »
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