Mississippi News Now : declared in Jackson has 4th highest rate of HIV infection in nation

The City of Jackson has the fourth highest rate of HIV infection in the nation. Abdul-Haqq says Open Arms Healthcare Center in Jackson diagnoses around 6,000 people a year with HIV in the Metro. You can learn more about HIV testing on Open Arms Healthcare Center's website. I know at Open Arms, it's part of the 'Becoming a Healthier You' Program, so testing is free. In 2008, the Center of Disease Control estimated nearly 2,000 people were living in Mississippi that didn't know they were HIV positive.

Cutting-edge biochip to detect HIV within 1 week of infection — RT Viral

A more expensive test, which tests for the genetic material of HIV, can detect the virus' presence from 10-14 days. Scientists have patented a groundbreaking biosensor technology that can detect HIV within a week of infection, boosting expectations of large-scale early detection in developing countries with the highest transmission rates. Researchers at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) created a rice-grain sized chip that can detect p24 antigen, a protein that is attached to the HIV virus, "at concentrations 100,000 times lower than in current techniques."Presently, it takes three weeks to detect HIV. Logically, its detection is critical to the prevention of HIV transmission." Early detection of HIV is vital to prevent the disease being spread, and to improve the health of those infected through antiretroviral therapy.


Spain's top research institution said Thursday it has patented an HIV test that can detect the AIDS-causing virus within a week of infection, the fastest yet. Current antigen tests can detect HIV only about three weeks after infection. (AFP)RNA tests can detect the virus directly after about 10 days, but are more expensive. A "biosensor" developed by scientists of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) detects the p24 antigen, a protein attached to the HIV virus, in human blood, the council said in a statement. Early detection is crucial to stop an infected person unknowingly passing the virus on to other people through sex.



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