What Is A Hiv Virus Test Called

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HIV Testing

What Is HIV Testing? HIV testing tells you if you are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which causes AIDS. Most of these tests look for "antibodies" to HIV. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system to fight a specific germ. Newer HIV tests look for signs that the virus itself is in the blood. People who already know they are infected with HIV might get other "HIV" tests. These measure how quickly the virus is...

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Immunizations, Viruses, & Inconclusive Test Results

I just went to get an HIV test and during the pretest counseling I was asked if I'd recently had any immunizations or viral infections. I did get a bad cold or the flu about 1 wk ago, and about 1 month ago had the second shot for Hepatitis B...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question.Several years ago, it was found that the flu shots were causing falsepositive ELISA tests, but negative Confirmatory tests like the Western Blotand the IFA. If an ELISA test is positive, but the confirmatory tests... Read more »

Can comparative testing tell/RO who gave a person the virus?

If one hiv+ person is accused of infecting 3 other people who are hiv+, can it medically and forenscly be proven or ruled out that the 3 did or did not get it from the one original hiv+ person?Is it possible to do a sort of virus family tree by...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

There may be some ways to do this - but the testing needed is very complex and done by very few labs in the world. The CDC in Atlanta has done this type of work in the past - but I have not heard them taking on the role of investigations such as... Read more »

Antibodies present but not hiv virus

If you have antibodies in a hiv test, is there a chance that you may have had a close call with HIV virus but not carrying it? in other words, have they just come into contact but not carrying hiv?...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

There are some individuals (i.e. some sex workers in Africa, partners of HIV+ people) who have been exposed to the virus but not infected. Researchers have been able to deduce prior exposure by responses of certain immune cells from these people to... Read more »

Dear Doctor, Does this mean that I won't have the HIV virus, and I can't transmit HIV virus even if I had.

Dear Doctor, Here is an update from http://www.thebody.com/updates/2007-03-01.html Herpes Treatment Can Control Herpes and HIV Viral Load, Study Finds Treatment with the herpes drug Valtrex (valacyclovir) not only reduces the viral load of herpes...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

You are right to say that some people who are severely immunosuppressed (as you may be) can have a false negative HIV antibody test. In that setting, the best test to determine infection becomes a PCR test, or some other antigen detection assay.... Read more »

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unknown virus or wake up call?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I swear, there must be another STD that is going around that is simular to MONO and HIV, but hasn't been named. As I read all these posts I find that alot of people have simular symptoms but test neg for HIV. Some poeple might be alittle freaked out... Read more »

Is there any way to get a test for virus itself

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Is there any way to get a test for HIV itself, rather than just the virus? I know it costs alot more but would there be any doctor's willing to perform this test, rather than wait the agonizing three months for a regular HIV antibody test result. Read more »

Is there any test which look for HIV virus itself

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi everybody I am wondering is there some kind of test which look for virus itself?
I am becoming paranoid about hiv i tested 8 months after my last sex and i am still woried becouse i started doubting everything medicine science even my own body.
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Sbjct: 2nd POST-Virus Replication & OTHER Things

Posted by DUDE

Fellas fellas fellas,,,,
It's certainly time to move one. These HIV tests are very sensative. If you are infected with the HIV virus (or any virus for that matter)
the human body produces anti-bodies. The body reacts. THink of it like this. If you... Read more »

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