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19001717 _*This test is for customers who request a confirmatory HIV test directly, such as those who have already had a screening test at another facility or prefer to proceed directly with confirmation without HIV screening at Diag. _
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It weakens a person’s immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and infection.
HIV is transmitted by sexual contact, exposure to blood or blood products, and prenatal infection of a fetus or perinatal infection of a newborn.
There is currently no effective cure for HIV. However, with proper medical care, the condition can be controlled.
When people with HIV do not get treatment, they typically progress through three stages. Stage 1, the most contagious phase, involves acute infection with flu-like symptoms. Stage 2 is a chronic infection with no symptoms, but HIV is still transmissible at this stage. Stage 3 is Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the most severe stage of HIV infection, with an increasing number of opportunistic infections or other serious illnesses.
The test is used for the simultaneous qualitative detection of HIV p24 antigen and HIV antibodies.
