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May 20, 2013

HIV Testing Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the HIV Testing article.

Acquired: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Anonymous testing: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Antibody: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Assay: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Asymptomatic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

CDC: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chlamydia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diagnosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

DNA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

ELISA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Emergency medical technician: See the definition from MedTerms.com

False negative: See the definition from MedTerms.com

False positive: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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FDA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fetus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fever: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Finger stick: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genetic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gonorrhea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hepatitis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Herpes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

HIV: See the definition from MedTerms.com

HIV test: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Human immunodeficiency virus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune system: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immunodeficiency: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Incidence: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Indicate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infertility: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Laboratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Marker: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Maternal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Newborn screening: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Organ: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Placenta: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Plasma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnancy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prenatal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prenatal care: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Probability: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Protein: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Proteins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Rash: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Replication: See the definition from MedTerms.com

RNA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Saliva: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Serum: See the definition from MedTerms.com

STD: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syphilis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Trimester: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Urine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viral: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viral hepatitis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Virus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Western blot: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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