This depends on what kind of test you had. Rapid tests provide answers in less than 30 minutes. With a standard blood test or antibody/antigen test, you should expect results in a few days. It may take several days to get results from an NAT test. Urine test results could take up to...
or “Nonreactive” or “Undetectable”. The most common ones detect HIV-1 virus plus the level of virus in the blood, commonly called an HIV “viral load”. Quantitative HIV-2 NAT is only used in the rare case of suspected or known HIV-2 infection. These ...
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Understanding the window period is the basis for HIV test counseling, helping to provide key information about how soon after HIV exposure the tests and repeat tests should be offered and when the HIV infection can be excluded after negative test results are obtained. It has guiding significance ...
6. Interpretation of HIV test results If any HIV-1/2 antigen-antibody immunoassay test is NONREACTIVE, then the test result should be interpreted as not infected with HIV-1 or HIV-2. If acute HIV is suspected, then there will be a need to perform HIV-1 RNA test. ...
Then that other test [PCR Test], showed that I was HIV negative. Even the wife’s blood pressure returned to normal [spouse’s worries lessened]” (Male, aged 42, married). Many informants reported that they did not usually go for an HIV test if they got casual sexual partners or ...
After 15–20 minutes, the membrane is checked. If the membrane has one dot on the bottom, the test is nonreactive (negative). If the membrane has two dots, the test is reactive (preliminary positive). A confirmatory blood test is then performed. Results are available a few days later. ...
False-Positive HIV-1 Test Results in a Low-Risk Screening Setting of Voluntary Blood Donation Thomson R,Glynn S,Gallahan D,Ownby H E,Williams A E.False-positive HIV-1 test results in a low-risk screening setting of voluntary blood donation. ... S Kleinman,MP Busch,L Hall,... - 《...
Of the 299 that reportedly used the oral-fluid-based self-test kit, 21 (7%) had a reactive result and 271 (91%) were HIV-negative while 5 (2%) had invalid results. Two (1%) did not wish to answer. Of the 224 that reportedly used the blood-based self-test kit, 12 (5%) had a...
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