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Home-Use Tests - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Description

Publication Year: 2010
Type: Federal resource, Online Publication
Language: English
Website: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/InVitroDiagnostics/HomeUseTests/ucm125797.htm

This fact sheet discusses the FDA approved home HIV test. This fact sheet also explains when you should use test yourself and explains the accuracy of the test results. It also explains that a newly infected individual takes time to produce the anti-bodies that will show up on the test, therefore they may not test positive immediately

Availability

This publication is available only on the Internet.

Source

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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