HIV Testing and Diagnosis
Summary
- Advent of rapid HIV tests has enabled clinicians to make a preliminary diagnosis of HIV infection within 30 minutes or less
- 10 PoC tests (Table 2) have been approved by the FDA[CDC HIV Tests; FDA 2004]
- Rapid tests have sensitivities and specificities similar to conventional EIAs[Delaney 2011]
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