HIV self-test initiative aims to curb spread of virus in Pennsylvania
IMAGE: Penn State On the website, individuals who can’t find local testing, or prefer the privacy that a self-test kit provides, can request an in-home test, OraQuick, to be mailed to their homes. OraQuick, the first FDA-approved in-home test for HIV, is an oral swab test based on the same HIV test that healthcare professionals have used since 2004. Clinic-based testing is superior to home-based testing because of greater sensitivity of lab-based tests and greatly reduced window periods (the time between the infection and detection), to name just a few reasons. While the Centers for Disease...
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