Access Denied : reported that A New Art Project Charts HIV Growth in Metro Atlanta

"A lot of people have forgotten about HIV," Terrell said, standing in front of the art project on a recent afternoon. The three-sided art project is made out of Lexan, a light and strong polycarbonate plastic material, with a wooden frame. The art piece will be presented now through June 27, which is National HIV Testing Day. In 2013, the number of people living with diagnosed HIV in metro Atlanta was 25,620, according to AIDSVu. "The object itself is not the art," Terrell said.

Brazilian Scientist Creates Quick New HIV Test That Could Save Millions of Lives

This combination test can detect HIV between two and six weeks following infection, once the body has produced enough antigens and antibodies. She told Sputnik Brasil that the test can detect the virus after a week, which is much faster than conventional HIV testing. The most common is the antibody screening test, which checks for HIV antibodies in blood or oral fluid. The combined antibody/antigen test also checks for the p24 antigen, a structural protein that makes up most of the HIV viral core. It can take three to 12 weeks for a person's body to make enough antibodies to be detected in the test.


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