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  2. Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    A woman demonstrates the use of the OraQuick rapid HIV test. Blood being taken for HIV rapid test. Rapid antibody tests are qualitative immunoassays intended for use in point-of-care testing to aid in the diagnosis of HIV infection. These tests should be used in conjunction with the clinical status, history, and risk factors of the person being ...

  3. OraQuick - Wikipedia

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    On November 7, 2002, the FDA approved the OraQuick test as the first rapid HIV test, providing results in as little as 20 minutes using whole-blood specimens obtained from a fingerstick or venipuncture. Prior to this approval, HIV tests required blood samples to be sent to a laboratory, resulting in longer wait times for results.

  4. OraSure Technologies - Wikipedia

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    In a trial by OraSure, the test correctly detected HIV in those carrying the disease 93 percent of the time, a rate below the FDA-recommended 95 percent threshold for accuracy. [7] The test was more accurate at clearing patients who didn't have the disease, correctly identifying HIV-negative users 99 percent of the time.

  5. Checkpoint (rapid HIV testing facility) - Wikipedia

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    Determine Hiv-1/2 Rapid Test. Checkpoint positioned itself as a facility which shares the client's point of view. The rapid HIV test was used (the Amsterdam Checkpoint employed the Determine rapid HIV test (third generation), with a 100% sensitivity and 99.75% specificity) Positive or dubious results were checked using a Western blot test

  6. HIV screening in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The National HIV Testing Day on June 27 is organized annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's AIDS.GOV program [8] and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention [9] Walgreens is one corporate sponsor, and offers free HIV testing on that day at a number of its drugstore locations (140 cities in ...

  7. mChip - Wikipedia

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    Initial testing of this device was undertaken in a village in Rwanda, [2] [8] where, according to the World Health Organization, approximately 3 percent of the population has HIV/AIDS. [1] Of the 400 volunteers who turned up for testing, 399 were correctly diagnosed with an accuracy of nearly 100 percent.