Dear Doc (and forum readers),
About a week or so ago I needed to get a medical check for work. When I got my results back, I was shocked to be told that the Elisa test came back as HIV reactive at 1.52. They tested it twice. I really have no idea what that number stands for, though.
I don't have sex. No girlfriend. And I don't sleep with street workers. As far as I can remember, I have not come into contact with blood (except when killing mosquitoes).
I'm curious as to how the igg herpes blood test works. Is there ratings on how low or high antibody levels are or is it just they are present or they're not?
Secondly, you need a test at the 3rd month with an antibody test. Could be ELISA, CMIA, ELFA etc. As long as it is an antibody test it works. ELISA is just the technology of the test used to detect antibody. However, it's the most conventional technology and widely used. Thirdly, oraquick is an antibody test and uses the ELISA technology.
She was sent to have RIBA test but in ElISA test ,which was taken 2 times, the anti bodies were high! showing of virus activities in her body.
As she works in a sensitive area and all the kids always have tests before having any treatment in cell transplantation and none of the patience has this disease, how can she infected by this disease!? She has had no injections, no injuries , no surgery , no sexual activity etc.
s test but it came back negative. my questions is, how accurate is the test? ive heard you can ge false negatives. all my symptoms (peripheral neuropathy and fatigue) seem to jive with lyme's and my dog contracted it before i came down with it (dog eventually died). is it worth seeking out a specialist? do long-term antibiotics help? any advice would be greatly appreciated!
There is a lot of new tests but elisa is just the type of test, there are 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation of elisas, and there continue to be a lot of research for new tests, the newest teste tend to be rapid test accurate as elsia tests, there has been also improvement also in the NAAT tests, and some labs are trying to come up with a new 5th generation rapid test (PCR+Antibody+p24) but is not ready yet.
Help help i read that oraquick may not be as accurate and also 3 months may not be sufficient for a conclusove test can any1 shed some light? I have alwas been pretty healthy so is my 3 months -ve test definite? What causes antibodies to only appear post 3 montha besides other immuno deficient diseases. Hope plp can ans to this qns, much appreciated im still worried.
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