A quick HIV test

A quick HIV test

Learning that you're HIV-- positive may seem an awful fate, but not learning can be worse. People with undetected HIV not only miss out on early treatment but risk spreading the virus unwittingly. Reliable tests are easy to find, but because they take up to two weeks to evaluate, many patients...

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Veröffentlicht in:Newsweek 2002-11, Vol.140 (21), p.84-84
1. Verfasser: Cowley, Geoffrey
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AIDS Serodiagnosis - instrumentation
Consumer health
Diagnostic tests
HIV
HIV (Viruses)
HIV Antibodies - blood
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Medical equipment and supplies industry
Medical equipment industry
Medical test kit industry
Product development
Testing
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Learning that you're HIV-- positive may seem an awful fate, but not learning can be worse. People with undetected HIV not only miss out on early treatment but risk spreading the virus unwittingly. Reliable tests are easy to find, but because they take up to two weeks to evaluate, many patients fail to check back for their results.
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X