Re: Has the HIV crisis reached the UK industry??
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:17 am
Hi, the HIV DNA test is effective 7 days after infection so is better. See following link to back up my statement
Ron
Ron
It states usually 7-10 days but its still not 100% Ron if you take any antibiotics this can mask it.
Its also flaky as explained in its testing as it sometimes needs follow up tests which i have cut & pasted below.
"There are several drawbacks to NAAT testing as a technique for detecting HIV infection, however. One is that it is actually too sensitive, meaning that it will sometimes give a positive result even though a person hasn't been infected. This can be upsetting. For this reason, any positive NAAT test needs to be followed up by a series of standard antibody tests to confirm that a patient is either infected or uninfected. Another drawback is that it is not widely offered as a test for detecting HIV, although some doctors will sometimes use a viral load test for this purpose."
If it was the most accurate test Doctors, Policeman, soldiers & anyone in high risk jobs would use this method.