Assoumou is an infectious diseases physician-scientist at Boston Medical Center. Miller is a research data associate within Dr. Assoumou’s I-CARE (Infectious Complications Assessment and Research) lab ...

MADRID — Rapid tests for the detection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shorten the window period to 2 or 3 weeks, and self-tests are as reliable and accurate as those carried out by ...

Sample blood collection tube with HIV test label on HIV infection screening test form. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Room's Studio) A non-reactive HIV test result generally means good news – you ...

The test stick is swabbed along the upper and lower gum once and placed into the test tube for 20 minutes before reading the results. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval ...

This retrospective study evaluated real-world implementation of the updated CDC HIV algorithm in a large US laboratory. Objectives: To understand real-world implementation of the updated CDC HIV ...

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At-home STD tests offer convenience and privacy while testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). These diseases are also called sexually transmitted infections (STIs). If you're sexually active ...

A recent case of a man wrongly treated for HIV for seven years has raised concerns about testing accuracy. Experts explain how HIV tests work, why errors are rare, and what you should do if you have ...

A single laboratory-based HIV viral load test used by U.S. clinicians who provide people with long-acting, injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) did not reliably detect ...

Trinity Biotech’s Uni-Gold™ HIV product has been the main confirmatory test provider for the detection of the HIV virus on the African continent over many years. Trinity Biotech has developed this new ...

False-positive HIV-2 serology poses a diagnostic challenge, particularly in chronic infectious or inflammatory diseases that induce polyclonal B cell activation. Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium ...