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Test For Hiv Genetic Sequencing
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Ask the Experts
Genetic sequenceDoc, If a person in not on any medications/treatment, does this mean if they infect you because of the wild type, you (being infected) will most likely not have any drug mutations contained in it's genetic sequence? ...
Response from David Wohl, M.D.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Transmission of antiretroviral resistant strains of HIV has become an increasing concern following the detection of such drug resistant virus in a minority of recently HIV infected individuals.Certainly, the risk of acquiring a drug resistant...
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Concern about HIV test SequenceHi, I had a possible exposure on Aug, 12. I had p24 Antigen test done on Sept,15. The p24 Ag is... Read more »Could not sequence?I just recently had a viral load test and the results came back as blood could not be sequenced.... Read more »
Articles
Genetic Test Predicts Response to Maraviroc in Treatment-Experienced HIV PatientsVancouver, British Columbia, Canada -- A genetic approach to determining HIV tropism can be used to effectively identify patients who will respond to treatment with the CCR5 antagonist maraviroc, according to new data presented today at the 5th... Read more »
South African Scientists Sequence Deadly TB GenomeOn Thursday, South African scientists announced that they had sequenced the genome of a deadly strain of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR TB). Using technology purchased from the United States for 5 million rand (US $750,000), scientists working... Read more »
New Test Identifies HIV Earlier, Study FindsA new genetic test can identify "people very recently infected" with HIV, Reuters reports. The results were published on Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine . The test identifies genetic material of the virus in addition to antibodies and... Read more »
HIV Drug Resistance and Resistance TestingTable of Contents What Is Drug Resistance? How Does HIV Drug Resistance Occur? How Do Mutations Occur Before Antiretroviral Therapy Is Started? How Do Mutations Occur During Antiretroviral Therapy? What Are Some of the Factors That Contribute... Read more »
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HIV tests that detect the genetic material of HIV
Posted by nomoreworry4me
HIV tests that detect the genetic material of HIV itself (rather than antibodies or antigens) are known as PCR tests. PCR stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction and is a common way of testing for a variety of different organisms. The overall process...
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ALL THE HIV TESTS TO CHECK FOR HIV
Posted by nomoreworry4me
HIV tests that detect the genetic material of HIV itself (rather than antibodies or antigens) are known as PCR tests. PCR stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction and is a common way of testing for a variety of different organisms. The overall process...
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How does the Navy test HIV samples?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
What methods are used, ELISA, PCR, Western Blot, does anyone know for sure????
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HIV 1/2 tests
Posted by une_fille, 1 Reply
the guy i was with was from England (i am in the US and he had just moved here). do you think the DNA PCR was a sufficient additional test if the ELISAs in the US test only for HIV-1? what else other test would i get done?Read more »
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