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Test name for hiv?
If we have doubt of hiv!!What test should be taken to know, weather the patient is suffering from hiv..
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Dr. Abhishek Savalia
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12 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
Consult any physician or GP. He will prescibe a blood test for same. However if the infection was recent it takes time for antibodies to appear. Antigens appear first in blood n then antibodies. The time taken for an antigen/ antibody test for hiv to be positive is 4 weeks.
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Dr. Manjunath H
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21 yrs exp
Bangalore
Go to local big government hospital as ask ictc test,it is done free of cost
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