Rapid Oral HIV Test

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that all people between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV regardless of risk. Getting tested for HIV is now easier.

In October 2004, OraSure Technologies, Inc., announced that it had FDA approval for a rapid HIV test that can detect antibodies to both HIV-1 and HIV type 2 (HIV-2). This is called the OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test. It can provide results in 20 minutes using oral fluid, a finger-stick sample of blood, or plasma.

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