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The FDA hass recently approved new HIV diagnostic tests which reduce the maount of time between infection and detecting that infection. This article puts the new tests in a historical perspective and describes their advantages and shortcomings.
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The popular idea of an HIV ELISA followed by a western blot to diagnose HIV infection is no longer used. This article explains how HIV testing has changed
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This page is a summary of: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Diagnostic Testing: 30 Years of Evolution, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, March 2016, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00053-16.
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