Why is swift HIV detection so Important?
By testing early, a person can take immediate steps to develop a medical care plan with their physician or health care provider. Early testing also alerts an HIV-infected person to avoid high-risk behaviors that may pass along the virus to others. Sadly however, many who are tested for HIV in clinics are never alerted to their HIV status. In fact, each year 8,000 HIV-infected people who come to clinics for HIV testing do not return a week later to receive their test results. With the OraQuick ADVANCE HIV-1/2 Antibody Test, results are available on the spot in about 20 minutes. Widespread rapid HIV testing is likely to decrease the hundreds of thousands of Americans who are unaware they are infected with the HIV virus. Early testing enables infected individuals to obtain medical care earlier in the course of their infection, potentially saving lives and limiting the spread of this deadly virus.
