Thread: New HIV Test
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Old 06-18-2005, 01:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: New HIV Test

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Originally Posted by Spoomonkey
Great info!

Thanks for posting it!
You are very welcome.

It will be interesting to see if folks actually use this test to any extent. I've said for a long time testing technology was likely to advance faster than other AIDS preventatives. There are some logistical issues to this test. Basically you _have_ to draw blood and ship the test off for results. Also, newly infected folks can be very contagious.

I think that this newer testing methodology would work pretty well for a club that was composed of stable married couples that agreed to not swing outside the club without a retest 10 days later--and that tested all members every 2-3 months routinely.

BTW they have some tests that use similar technology for stuff like Chlamydia that has been hard to spot in a dormant state.
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