HIV/AIDS Home Testing Kit Called Oral Fluid-Based Rapid Diagnostic Test
Human immunodeficiency virus ((HIV) is the virus responsive for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) disease. It is a global endemic and epidemic that has affected over 34 million people worldwide. It is transmitted from person-to-person through sex, sharing of sharp objects or blood transfusion. There is no current drug or vaccine for treatment. Available drugs are for management of the disease. And many people with the disease are not aware. This is because the time from getting infected and experiencing symptoms is long. Read Also: Sex with HIV/AIDS patients is not automatically lead to HIV infection The common method to know HIV/AIDS status is through Western blot/enzyme linked immunoglobulin specimen assay (ELISA) using blood in a diagnostic laboratory. Since many people are not aware they have HIV/AIDS, they don't bother going for the test. A greater percentage of people want to know their status but they fear their data may get to the wrong hands in those laboratories...
