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Several different types of laboratory tests can be used to determine whether a person is HIV-positive. It is impossible to look at someone and know whether he or she is HIV-positive. Most tests used to screen for the virus detect HIV antibodies — proteins the body produces to fight off the infection — in blood or oral fluid samples.
