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| | HIV test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The test proceeds by the general ELISA method: the person's serum is diluted 400 fold and applied to a plate to which HIV antigens have been attached. | | | About 80% of positive ELISA tests are followed by a negative Western-Blot test, and therefore regarded as false positive. | | | But if less than 1 in 7,500 people in the group being test are infected with HIV, then over 90% of the positive results will be false positive. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: HIV ELISA/western blot |
| | The area is cleansed with antiseptic and punctured with a sharp needle or a lancet. | | | A positive result does not necessarily mean that the subject has HIV infection as there are certain conditions that may lead to a false positive result (such as Lyme disease, syphilis, and lupus). | | | A positive western blot is generally regarded as conclusive for an HIV infection. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003538.htm
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| | AIDS (HIV) TEST |
| | A positive test doesn't mean you have AIDS, but it does mean you have the HIV virus in your body. | | | Therefore, if you test negative for HIV initially, you should be retested 6 months later after the last possible exposure (unprotected vaginal, anal, or oral sex or sharing needles). | | | The virus may be transmitted during unprotected sexual activity with an infected partner, when needles are shared, and when contaminated blood or body fluids are exchanged from one person to another, and during pregnancy or breast-feeding, if the mother is infected. |
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| | SF AIDS Fdn: AIDS 101 -- HIV Testing |
| | A pregnant woman who is clearly at risk might choose to be tested through her doctor, rather than anonymously, since the result is of key importance to the course of her medical care. | | | There are various for-profit sites that offer HIV testing, but we cannot confirm that they are all offering counseling (which we feel is essential). | | | You should however be aware that if the result of the test is a ‘preliminary positive’, there is a high probability that you have HIV, but it will be necessary to have a confirmatory test to be sure. |
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http://www.sfaf.org/aids101/hiv_testing.html
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| | Why test for HIV? |
| | People who know they are HIV infected can be monitored for changes in their condition and for possible treatment, even before symptoms appear.(1) Individuals who know they are infected with HIV can also aid prevention efforts by taking the necessary precautions to avoid spreading the disease through unprotected sex or sharing needles. | | | A program in Rwanda, Africa provided education and confidential HIV testing and counseling to all participants in a research clinic, as well as their sexual partners. | | | A study of clients returning for counseling after HIV testing: implications for improving rates of return. |
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http://www.stopaids.org/resources/testing/why_test.html
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| | HIV Test Kits |
| | The sensitivity and specificity of the HIV test means that one would expect only one in 1,000 people to falsely test positive, and almost no one to falsely test negative. | | | When a consumer calls for his or her test results, professional counseling and, if necessary, referrals for treatment are offered. | | | The CDCP’s survey revealed that 42 percent of people at increased risk for HIV would likely use a home testing and counseling service. |
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http://www.healthquizzes.com/health_quiz_hiv_test.htm
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| | Testing Yourself for HIV-1 |
| | Although unapproved tests might be promoted as sensitive and reliable, the consumer has no guarantee that the results produced by the test are, in fact, accurate. | | | Unapproved HIV home test kits do not come with any guarantee of the accuracy of the test, or the sensitivity of the reagents used in the analysis. | | | Users can get a positive result when they are, in fact, not infected (called a false positive), or the test may indicate that a person is not infected with the virus, when, in fact, they are (called a false negative). |
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http://www.fda.gov/cber/infosheets/hiv-home.htm
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| | HIV & AIDS - How Accurate is the HIV Test? |
| | The ELISA test, first developed in 1985, is highly sensitive and also extremely nonspecific, which means it gives a positive result even when there is no HIV present. | | | In other words, those 80 people, outside the context of this study, would have gone home believing they were HIV positive, since a single positive WB qualifies a person as positive. | | | And yet, 3.3 to 13.3 percent were HIV- positive by Western Blot. |
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http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/cftests2.htm
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| | GMHC: HIV & STI Testing |
| | Each testing site is different, so you might want to ask what their turnaround time is for results with this test. | | | Again, each testing site is different so you might want to ask what their turnaround time is for results with this test. | | | Learning that you are HIV negative, too, can help you figure out how to stay that way. |
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http://www.gmhc.org/health/testing.html
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| | BBC NEWS Health US considers rapid home HIV test |
| | However, there is concern that people testing on their own may misinterpret a result or may not cope well with finding out that they are positive without having access to live counselling. | | | Although it would be important for anyone who has a positive test result to see their doctor afterwards to confirm the finding and find out what care and support they need, some fear individuals may not seek this assistance. | | | A small number of results may be false, meaning some who think they are free of HIV following the test are not and others who think they have the virus actually do not. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/4341142.stm
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| | National HIV Testing Resources |
| | During the time between exposure and the test, it is important to avoid any behavior that might result in exposure to blood, semen, or vaginal secretions. | | | If a woman is infected with HIV, medical therapies are available to lower the chance of passing HIV to the infant before, during, or after birth. | | | Callers may speak to a counselor before taking the test, while waiting for the test result, and when getting the result. |
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http://www.hivtest.org/subindex.cfm?FuseAction=FAQ
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| | HIV Home Test Kits to Detect AIDS and Test it at home with a simple test kit |
| | This test kit comes with a detailed instructions booklet with illustrations which will take you through pre-test registration and counseling; collecting a blood sample; shipping that sample to our accredited laboratory and calling back for test results, post-test counseling and referrals. | | | ACCURATE RESULTS- Our HIV Test Kit comes complete with everything you need to anonymously collect and ship a small blood sample (that you obtain by pricking your little finger) to an accredited laboratory. | | | There are over 37 million individuals affected with HIV in the US. |
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http://www.testcountry.com/site_map/HIV_TESTS.htm
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| | Testing Kits - AIDS, HIV And Cholesterol Tests |
| | The test kits are doctor recommended and clinically proven to be as accurate as medical tests performed by doctors. | | | HIV testing is important and can save your life. | | | If you think you may have allergies, you should consider the purchase of MyAllergy Test to test for the 10 most common allergies. |
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http://www.homeaccess.com
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| | FDA OKs Fast, Easy HIV Test |
| | The delay creates a tendency for people to come in for an HIV test but then skip the later appointment, never learning their HIV status. | | | Emergency workers who are accidentally punctured by a needle used on a patient need to know right away if the patient is infected. | | | "As someone who has been in the trenches fighting this disease, I can tell you (the waiting period for test results) is a real psychological problem," said Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. |
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http://www.webmd.com/content/article/53/61298.htm
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| | Taking the "AIDS Test" - ÆGIS |
| | Testing is the only way to know if you have HIV--and testing is the first step to getting medical care, counseling, and support if you need it. | | | A nurse or counselor tells you when to come in, what the results mean, and how to help yourself. | | | You should think about how having HIV could affect your life. |
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http://www.aegis.com/topics/test
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| | Division of HIV/AIDS (DHAP) - Rapid HIV Testing |
| | A very important part of counseling persons who have a reactive rapid HIV test result is to make sure they understand that the test result is preliminary and that further testing must be done to confirm the result. | | | Emergency department–based HIV screening and counseling: experience with standard and rapid serologic testing. | | | In the clinical studies by the manufacturer (OraSure Technologies, Inc.), the OraQuick test correctly identified 99.6% of people who were infected with HIV-1 (sensitivity) and 100% of people who were not infected with HIV-1 (specificity). |
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http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/PUBS/faq/oraqckfaq.htm
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| | HEAL Toronto: HIV Test |
| | "I think those of us who are not HIV positive cannot even begin to imagine how profoundly the psyche and health of an individual is affected by belief in the existence of a lethal retrovirus inexorably eating at the immune system. | | | Besides conformity of thinking and vested interests, this belief is maintained due to the absence of clear-cut alternative explanations for the phenomena which are thought to prove the HIV-causes-AIDS theory. | | | For instance it is possible for any person to be any of the following on a single test result: positive in Australia, but not in France; positive in France, but not in Australia (for different reasons); positive in Africa and not positive everywhere else in the world. |
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http://www.healtoronto.com/hivtest.html
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| | HIV Viral Load: The Test |
| | If and when therapy is started, your doctor should order a viral load test and a CD4 count about two to eight weeks after you start a treatment to evaluate whether therapy is being effective. | | | A non-infected person should have no circulating HIV virus in his or her blood and, therefore, a negative or undetectable viral load. | | | To monitor long-term therapy, your doctor will order viral load tests and CD4 counts about every three to six months. |
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http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/viral_load/test.html
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| | HIV test FAQs |
| | This is why it is so important that a positive (+) HIV test be followed by more HIV tests by a doctor to confirm whether the person is infected or not. | | | Where can I get more information about HIV TEST YOURSELF™? | | | Where can I get information on prevention, treatment and counseling for HIV/AIDS? |
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http://www.hiv-test-yourself.com/faq.html
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| | (BW) (HOME-ACCESS/HIV-TEST) Study shows Home Access HIV-1 test system as accurate as HIV testing in doctor's office; ... |
| | ESTATES, Ill.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 9, 1997-- The Home Access(TM) test system provides people with a safe and accurate alternative to HIV testing in a doctor's office or clinic, according to a new study published in tomorrow's Archives of Internal Medicine. | | | Counseling services were offered in both English and Spanish and all counselors received prior HIV counseling training. | | | Home Access' HIV home test services combine in-home specimen collection with clinical laboratory testing and medically-directed counseling and referrals. |
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http://www.aegis.org/news/bw/1997/BW970208.html
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| | HIV Test Kits - J. Hewitt Incorporated |
| | The Express HIV Test system is a self administered HIV Test that consumers use in the privacy of their own home. | | | Easy to use, these are self administered HIV tests that consumers use in the privacy of their own home. | | | Greater than 99.9% accurate, the Home Access Express HIV Test Kit is doctor recommended and FDA Approved. |
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http://www.hiv-test.net
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| | HIV Test |
| | The researcher who claimed "probable cause" for HIV got into trouble when another researcher pointed out that the HIV in question didn't belong to him. | | | Or IV drug users - are they putting stuff into their blood - or what? | | | Can you see yourself sharpening your senses, making every minute count, making sex, drugs and nature better for yourself? |
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| | USATODAY.com - Gov't expands use of oral HIV test, results in 20 minutes |
| | Until then, routine HIV tests took up to two weeks to provide results, and 8,000 people a year who tested positive at public clinics never returned to get the news. | | | The relaxed rules will allow screenings in HIV counseling centers, community health centers and doctors' offices. | | | The rapid blood test was praised when it won approval in November 2002 as a way to increase dramatically the number of people aware of their infections. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-06-25-oral-hiv_x.htm
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| | FDA OSHI HIV AIDS Test Kits |
| | FDA Discussion with the Community about the role of HIV resistance testing in new drug development. | | | Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee meeting on November 2 and 3, 1999 to discuss the role of HIV resistance testing in new drug development for HIV/AIDS. | | | On the same date, another supplement was approved for patient monitoring and it can be used as an aid in management of patients on anti-viral therapy for HIV disease. |
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http://www.fda.gov/oashi/aids/test.html
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| | HIV Antibody Test: The Test |
| | Also, knowing your HIV status may help you change behaviors that would put you and others at risk. | | | The ELISA method is very sensitive but requires another test, a Western Blot, to confirm the results because false positives can occur. | | | Early treatment of HIV infection and immune system monitoring can greatly improve long-term health. |
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http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hiv_antibody/test.html
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| | Home Access HIV test |
| | Nearly everyone who becomes infected with HIV develops AIDS over a period of years. | | | Accurate - Greater than 99.9% accurate test results -The Home Access HIV-1 Test System was evaluated in U.S. multi-center clinical studies and is as accurate as tests used by doctors and hospitals | | | AIDS is a serious condition in which the immune system is severely weakened, turning normally mild or rare diseases into potentially fatal conditions. |
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http://www.feel21.com/cgi-bin/feel21/44855.html
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| | Home-Use Tests for HIV Can Be Inaccurate, FTC Warns |
| | Safe, reliable HIV testing can be done only through a medical professional or a clinic, or through use of the Home Access Express HIV-1 Test System, says the FTC. | | | If you’ve tested yourself at home for HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the virus that causes AIDS &; you may want to do it again. | | | Home-Use Tests for HIV Can Be Inaccurate, FTC Warns |
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| | The Body: OraQuick Rapid HIV Test for Oral Fluid |
| | What does a reactive or preliminary positive result mean? | | | As such, a waived test can be used in many more non-clinical settings. | | | A waived test can be used in any facility with a CLIA certificate, rather than only in laboratories. |
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| | 2004.06.25: HHS Extends Use of Rapid Oral HIV Test to New Sites Nationwide |
| | "These actions will expand even further the availability of a simple, rapid HIV test to communities where people are at high risk of HIV," Secretary Thompson said. | | | With the new rapid HIV test, individuals need only give a drop of blood or a swab of saliva, and the results are available on the spot in about 20 minutes. | | | This includes both testing kits and, critically, the training to support their proper use. |
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http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040625b.html
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| | Defective HIV Test Kit Marketer Settles FTC Charges |
| | The settlement bars the defendants from selling the “Discreet” HIV test kits to U.S. consumers unless the kit has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and prohibits them from making false or misleading claims about any medical diagnostic device or service. | | | In fact, testing conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and submitted to the court showed that 59.3 percent of tested kits provided inaccurate results, including both inaccurate HIV-positive results and inaccurate HIV-negative results. | | | It authorizes the FTC to notify past Discreet purchasers that the agency believes that the defendants misrepresented the efficacy of the product, and advises purchasers who relied on the kits to contact a health professional. |
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| | CNN.com - Rapid oral HIV test wins FDA approval - Mar 26, 2004 |
| | "Where the rapid test is available, those tested get their results within minutes," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said in a statement. | | | Health-care professionals must supervise the oral test, and they are responsible for delivering results to the person undergoing testing. | | | The test, which is not approved for in-home or direct consumer use, is more than 99 percent accurate, according to the FDA. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/03/26/rapid.hiv.test
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| | Efoora Inc - HIV Rapid Test |
| | The study demonstrated the product's clinical performance at highly competitive sensitivity and specificity levels. | | | The Efoora HIV test is sensitive to HIV-1, HIV-2 and Group 'O' infections. | | | The the Efoora HIV Rapid Test is presently available only in certain foreign markets based on certificate of exportability. |
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| | HIV Test H-Pylori Test |
| | The HIV Test detects antibodies that are made by the human body to fight infections with HIV. | | | This takes usually 3 months but may take longer with some patients. | | | During this incubation period it is therefore possible to have a negative test result and still be infected. |
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| | homeaccess |
| | Accurate - Clinically proven to be more than 99.9% accurate. | | | FDA Approved - The only U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved HIV-1 test system. |
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| | Drug Tests & Urine Drug Testing Kits & HIV Home Tests & Tests for AIDS at Test Country |
| | All our tests are developed and manufactured by the reputable companies in their industries so you don't get inaccurate results for the critical things you are testing for. | | | We carry urine drug testing kits, saliva drug testing kits and hair follicle drug testing kits that are accurate, affordable and easy to use. | | | Contact Us Drug Screen Tests & Drug Testing |
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| | MiraTes, heimtests für HIV, Hepatitis, Menopause, Prostata, Cholesterin und mehr Test |
| | MiraTes, heimtests für HIV, Hepatitis, Menopause, Prostata, Cholesterin und mehr Test |
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| | National HIV Testing Resources |
| | Resources on HIV testing including a national database of HIV testing sites and answers to many questions about HIV/AIDS and testing. | | | A service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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| | Orasure Technologies Inc |
| | By streamlining the sample collection process and increasing assay sensitivity, our products significantly improve the way diagnostic testing is conducted. | | | See OraQuick on the CBS Early Show on January 1, New Years Day - Popular Science Magazine will discuss technology breakthroughs of 2003 and 2004, including the OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test. | | | Look for the segment January 1 from 7:00 am to 9:00 am ET on CBS. |
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