The doctor or technician administering it places a drop of the patient’s blood in a small vial of solution, along with a dipstick that develops a single dark line when submerged. If the blood sample harbors antibodies to HIV, the stick develops a second line as well, and the patient immediately gets counseling.
OraQuick detects antibodies that may not appear until three months after a person contracts the virus, so it won’t pick up new infections. But it will make AIDS testing easier, and that alone could save lives. OraQuick should reach the market around the first of the year.
title: “In The News A Quick Hiv Test” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-29” author: “Stephen Langley”
OraQuick detects antibodies that may not appear until three months after infection, so it won’t catch new cases. But by making AIDS testing easier, it could save lives.
