Reasons for a Positive HIV Test

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Tip 1 - HIV Testing | HIV/AIDS Fact Sheets | Education Materials | AIDSinfo

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Patrice Toursel | permalink

Fact sheets about HIV/AIDS treatment information, the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and HIV treatment side effects. All the fact sheets are written specifically for patients in easy to read language.
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For further reading: https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/education-materials/fact-sheets/19/47/hiv-testing ^[1]

Tip 2 - Understanding test results - False negatives and false positives

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by sgryco | permalink

The ideal HIV screening assay would correctly identify all HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals 100% of the time. While real-world procedures are extremely accurate, they do not achieve 100% accuracy. Inaccurate test results fall into two categories: falsely negative and falsely positive. A false negative result is one that fails to detect antibodies or antigen in a person who is in fact HIV-infected (i.e., a result which incorrectly identifies an HIV-positive individual as HIV-negative). This is most likely to occur during the window period, when antibodies and antigen are not yet present at detectable levels. Conversely, a test that incorrectly returns a positive result in an HIV-negative person is known as a false positive. This may happen if non-HIV antibodies are incorrectly identified as antibodies to HIV. Because of the risk that a positive result from a single test is, in fact, a false positive, many doctors prefer to talk about the result being 'reactive' rather than 'positive'. The result will need to be replicated in confirmatory testing before an HIV-positive diagnosis can be made. Rates of false positive and false negative results are related to test characteristics known as sensitivity and specificity.

For further reading: http://www.aidsmap.com/False-negatives-and-false-positives/page/1322981/ ^[2]

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Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Cynthia Pozas | permalink

TheBody.com fills you in on the topic, reasons for false positive hiv tests, with a wealth of fact sheets, expert advice, community perspective, the latest news/research, and much more.
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For further reading: http://www.thebody.com/h/reasons-for-false-positive-hiv-tests.html ^[3]