With a HIV test you are first required to make an appointment for the test to be carried out. A small amount of blood is taken and then sent away to a laboratory to be tested for the HIV antibodies. Two tests are normally carried out. If the first test is positive then a second test is carried out to confirm the original test. The two test are in fact different types of tests on the blood and therefore an accurate result is obtained.
It means that the test was positive for HIV.
No, HBV testing does not test for HIV.
No the HIV test is not a medical examination. It is a blood test.
Negative HIV test result
Get the HIV test at your local health department; it is free.
With an hiv test
The standard HIV test identifies the antibodies the body produces to fight the HIV infection.
A thyroid blood test will not detect HIV. Ask for the HIV test by name.
Only if the first HIV test was false positive can the test results change.
By taking an hiv test
"HIV not detected" means the HIV test is negative.
To be exposed to does not always mean that you will be infected. If contracting the disease you will still not test positive until some time afterwards.