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question about testing?
hello and thanks for the help on this site, my question is i am in the uk and just want to know wether the hiv duo test which includes p24 antigen and anti body , and standard antibody tests do they look for all strains strands and subtypes ? would they pick up every type and strand of hiv infection , say if some one was infected by some one from say africa , would it detect it in the uk would it detect rare strands? please any info on this would be realy great , many thanks
I believe it does. But even if it didn't it is not a worry. Any rare strain is not in or near the UK. It is only in parts of Africa like the Congo. And before you say "what if" trust me there is no "what if" to this. The rare strain is rare and as I said in deep parts of Africa. And people are not going to the deep parts of Africa and having unprotected sex and coming back to the UK.
ok thanks for your reply si it would be definatly picked up then even if it was rare ?
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Yes it does.
As for antibody tests, don't worry about anything exotic because they are based only in deep Africa and and not anywhere else. But I believe a test would pick it up.
Yes it does.
As for antibody tests, don't worry about anything exotic because they are based only in deep Africa and and not anywhere else. But I believe a test would pick it up.
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