Instead, the new testing scheme, published on the CDC's website, relies mainly on a fourth-generation combination test that looks for antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2, as well as the p24 antigen of HIV-1, according to Bernard Branson, MD, of the CDC's division of HIV/AIDS prevention.
Date: Jun 26, 2014
Category: Health
Source: Google
Porn star's false-positive HIV test raises questions
Dr. Bernard Branson, medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says based on 5 million blood donors, the chance of a false positive is about 1 in 250,000. If someone tests positive, the person should be automatically retested, he says.