HIV Testing: Basics
- New Resources for HIV Testing in Non-Clinical Settings (January 31, 2013)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
On TheBodyPRO.com
 It's Time to Dump the HIV Western Blot (September 19, 2012)
From Journal Watch
- Testing for HIV (August 2012)
Part of HIV and Its Treatment.
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From AIDSinfo
- HIV Testing (July 8, 2012)
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From AIDS InfoNet
- FAQs About HIV Testing (February 28, 2012)
Worried that you are infected with HIV? Afraid to get tested? Read these questions and answers.
From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
- HIV Testing and Risks of Sexual Transmission (February 2012)
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From HIV i-Base
 World AIDS Day (My Thoughts): A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (November 23, 2011)
From TheBody.com
 HIV Guidelines: Some Evolve; Some Don't. What's Up with That? Part Two -- A Blog Entry by Bob Frascino, M.D. (September 23, 2011)
"Let's talk about detecting very recent HIV infections and emerging diagnostic guidelines. As we have learned more about the natural history of untreated HIV infection and the body's immune response to the virus, we've developed a better understanding of measurable events occurring during recent HIV infection."
From TheBody.com
- HIV Guidelines: Some Evolve; Some Don't. What's Up With That? Part One: A Blog Entry by Bob Frascino, M.D. (August 25, 2011)
"So that this blog doesn’t become a tome rivaling War and Peace in length, let me focus on just a few aspects of HIV-diagnostic testing -- the so-called window period and the detection of acute HIV infection."
From TheBody.com
- UNAIDS: HIV Test Shouldn't Be Used in Criminal Cases (August 4, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- TLC+: Best Practices to Implement Enhanced HIV Test, Link-to-Care, Plus Treat (TLC-Plus) Strategies in Four U.S. Cities (August 2011)
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From Proyecto Inform
 HIV Testing: Does It Contribute to Stigma? A Blog Entry by Sarah Sacco (June 27, 2011)
"In getting tested myself, I had to go through "pre-counseling" ... I can see how, if a person ended up testing negative, they would think that perhaps somebody testing positive had to have done ALL of the things on the list. And that leads to some assumptions about people who test positive for HIV."
From TheBody.com
 Calling HIV Negative Gay Men: This Is Your Time: A Blog Entry by Mark S. King (June 21, 2011)
"I've lived with HIV more than half my life, and people often praise me far more than I deserve, simply for surviving. ... You know what takes courage? Getting an HIV test every few months."
From MyFabulousDisease.com
 Two Plus Two Equals Seven, Doesn't It? A Blog Entry by Ed Perlmutter (October 26, 2010)
"I did not ask for an HIV test because I had never asked for an HIV test ... And somewhere between here and there (1999? 2002? 2004? who knows the year, really?), HIV lost much of its high-profile status both in my consciousness and in the media."
From TheBody.com
 Scared Straight: High HIV Rates Among Black NYC Women Frighten a Health Reporter (October 20, 2010)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
 In Praise of HIV-Negative Gay Men (October 5, 2010)
"HIV-negative gay men hear a lot about what they should be doing (or not doing), and not enough about what they are doing well."
From TheBody.com
- Put an End to Your Fears, Stop Googling, and Go Get Tested (September 24, 2010)
Jay S. is HIV negative, but for a long time he was convinced he must be positive. Yet he was so terrified of HIV that he refused to get tested. In this message to other scared-to-test folks, he explains how he finally faced his fears.
From TheBody.com
- The Other Pink Elephant in the Room: A Blog Entry by Enrique Franco (July 9, 2010)
When we hear about, or know of, someone getting tested for HIV/AIDS, what types of questions filter in our minds? ... Don't get me wrong, everyone is entitled to ask questions. That's human nature. In this case though, the acceptable and relevant one to ask is: What business is it of mine?
From TheBody.com
- Fourth Generation HIV Diagnostic Test Approved, Permitting Earlier Detection of Infection (June 18, 2010)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- To Test or Not to Test, That Is the Question (May 31, 2010)
Opinion editorial by CEO and founder Phill Wilson.
From Black AIDS Institute
 HIV Testing 101 (January 4, 2010)
From TheBody.com
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