In 2019, it was estimated that there are 105,200 people living with HIV in the UK. 94% of these individuals have been diagnosed, and so know that they have HIV.
This means that around 1 in 16 people living with HIV in the UK do not know that they have the virus. We encourage all people who have had an unprotected sexual encounter to have an HIV test.
Early diagnosis and treatment of HIV is important. Modern antiretroviral therapy means that those living with HIV, if managed well, have the same life expectancy as those without HIV. 98% of people diagnosed with HIV in the UK are on treatment, and 97% of those on treatment have undetectable levels of the HIV virus.
A very rapid reliable test with results in 1 minute. This CE-marked test has a sensitivity of 99.8% and an accuracy of 99.5% at 3 months.
It can take from 3 to 12 weeks for an individual to develop enough HIV IgM antibodies to HIV after having contracted it to be detectable by the HIV INSTI. 97% of people will develop enough antibodies during this 3 month period.
The HIV antibody/p24 antigen Duo Test is an excellent, accurate and inexpensive HIV test that reliably detects HIV infection that occurred just 28 days prior to the test. This HIV test is known as the ‘Duo’ because it tests for both HIV antibodies as well as the ‘HIV P24 antigen’.
The HIV DUO test including p24 antigen is rated as 99.89% accurate at 28 days.
This multiplex or PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test works by detecting minuscule amounts of DNA of the HIV virus and multiplying it to enable it to be analysed. This is highly accurate and the gold standard of early HIV 1 & 2 testing. This takes 3-5 working days to come back.
Xpert HIV–1 Qual is a qualitative test that provides on-demand molecular testing for early HIV 1 diagnosis. Based on the GeneXpert technology, it provides a total nucleic acid-based test for RNA and proviral DNA with same-day results.
From our clinical experience, we regard the HIV DUO test as a conclusive HIV test at 6 weeks or beyond in almost all circumstances. In situations where a patient has had an exceptionally high level of HIV exposure and has symptoms which we regard as suggestive of an acute HIV infection, we will encourage the patient to re-test at an appropriate interval.
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