three new HIV tests

June 1996

You'll be hearing lots about three new HIV tests.

The FDA has just approved OraSure HIV-1 Western Blot Kit.

OraSure uses a special pad to collect a sample from the side of the mouth...to be sent off to a lab to test for HIV antibodies. Positive tests are confirmed by the Western Blot method...using the original oral sample.

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