HIV 1 & 2/p24Ag

£66.70

This is a test to determine if you are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A HIV test may be recommended for various reasons, including when you think you may have been exposed to the virus; once a year if you are at risk of being exposed to the virus; when your doctor thinks your symptoms may be due to HIV; before becoming pregnant or during pregnancy.

Est. Result Turnaround Time : 4 hours

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When a person becomes infected with HIV, through exposure to the blood or body fluids of an infected individual, the virus begins to reproduce very rapidly. So, during the first few weeks of infection, the amount of virus (viral load) in the blood can be quite high.
The immune system responds by producing antibodies directed against the virus and these begin to be detected in the blood around 3-4 weeks after exposure to the virus. As the level of HIV antibody increases, the viral load in the blood decreases.
This early HIV infection may cause no symptoms or sometimes a flu-like or glandular fever-type illness. The only way to determine whether a person has been infected is through HIV testing. Modern HIV screening tests detect HIV antigens (parts of the virus itself, usually a protein called the p24 antigen) and/or antibodies produced in response to an HIV infection.

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Est Result Turnaround Time

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