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Can anyone here help me break this down I didnt understand what it all means. U would make my day
     What does Hiv 1/2 eia ab screen mean? What does screen w/reflexes mean? This is what it look liked
                                 HIV 1/2 EIA ANTIBODY
                                  SCREEN W/ REFLEXES
                                  HIV 1/2 EIA AB SCREEN
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A test to detected both HIV1 and HIV1 by antigens and antibodies.
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Is that a better test. Is that what the screen w/ reflexes is?
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Reflexes means Western Blot.  "HIV 1/2 EIA ANTIBODY SCREEN W/ REFLEXES" is the lab's name for an HIV test.  Looks like you used Quest Diagnostics?
HIV 1/2 EIA AB SCREEN means they just did an ELISA.
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Does that mean that they had to use the western blot or its just part of what they do?
Thats funny that is where I went. Quest
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