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- JeffBrownback, on 06/01/2009, -0/+40I don't get the regular AIDS test anymore. I get the roundabout AIDS test. I ask my friend Brian, "Do you know anybody who has AIDS?". He says, "No". I say, "Cool, because you know me."
RIP Mitch Hedberg - lukedamonkey, on 06/01/2009, -0/+27So now we can test prosititutes before we ***** them. cool.
- Swarms, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2330 minutes though. Can you spare another $2.50?
- IntruderII, on 06/01/2009, -0/+18.........but testing helps slow unintentional infection.
- hawkspur, on 06/01/2009, -0/+15Buried for inaccurate headline. This test is only for people already HIV positive.
- byleth, on 06/01/2009, -0/+14If you RTFA, you'd see that this doesn't test for the presence of HIV, it only tests for the CD4+ T-cell count in order to determine when to begin treatment. People using this test would already know they were infected with HIV.
- ghatid, on 06/01/2009, -0/+12Umm, hopefully you mean that you just got tested the conventional way...otherwise I'm sorry...
- 9bpm9, on 06/01/2009, -4/+14.........it doesn't stop HIV.
- Timmyftw, on 06/01/2009, -1/+11I know i cant. I need bus fare back home and $2.50 covers it. Id rather be HIV positive and relaxed than HIV negative and exhausted.
- kellyd, on 06/01/2009, -0/+9No lab? Cool. So will we be able to test at home? If so, I can see first date conversations going something like "So...umm I don't finger prick until at least the third date".
- amitforu78, on 05/31/2009, -7/+15this is cool. i hope it helps the world to be HIV free
- papashawn, on 06/01/2009, -1/+6I logged in to post that quote and it seems you beat me to it. well played sir.
- Gloogle, on 06/01/2009, -0/+5i just got tested it only took 20 min :). I live in the Dominican Republic, but it was not through this new method. :(
- ydt89, on 06/01/2009, -0/+5I was just at Pearl St. Mall in boulder, Colorado and they had a group there offering free rapid HIV test with just a finger prick and only having to wait thirty minutes for results. It really had me thinking, with it being that simple, why not do it?
- MrZaiko, on 06/01/2009, -0/+5Dominicans have their girls get tested, and then cheer when they are not infected!
- LeanMeat, on 06/01/2009, -0/+5Well....I guess it's a little too late on my part. But good news nonetheless!
- ghatid, on 06/01/2009, -0/+4Are you sure you can trust the test? :)
- Risingashes, on 06/01/2009, -1/+5Guru: Way to dehumanise people.
- dagamer34, on 06/01/2009, -0/+4Previously, you'd get a ELISA test to look for the antibody/antigen complex for HIV. It is purposefully overly sensitive to catch everyone who could possibly have HIV (thus, some false positives). It acts as a screening test. You could say it's moderately expensive (I have no idea on actual costs).
Then, every positive ELISA test is followed up with a Western blot which looks for specific viral proteins. It has high sensitivity (few false negatives) and high specificity (few false positives), but its much more expensive and requires a lab to run it, plus a lab tech to interpret the test.
However, compared to this "cheap HIV test", it only tests for the RESULT of HIV (low CD4 cell count), not HIV itself. While this test is probably better than nothing so that people can be aware of HIV, the "developed" world is still going to prefer the ELISA + Western blot test as the gold standard, because starting a patient on expensive antiretroviral drugs really should only be done on people who have proven to have the illness when possible (there are other reasons to have a low CD4 count like cytomegalovirus, hepatitis B, or tuberculosis, HIV is just the most likely one in a developing country and the one for most cause of alarm). - inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+3I always assumed when you gave blood they automatically tested it for aids and other diseases... How expensive was it before?
- nightofbogie, on 06/01/2009, -0/+3the mouth swab test (Orasure) doesn't require a finger prick so the health worker is not exposed to the patient's blood and hence their pathogens. on the other hand, a 30 minute wait to find out the results is definitely a very good way to inform the patient of their status and empowers them to take measures to halt infecting their loved ones. The mouth swab takes 10 - 14 days. http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Health/Clinic_and_Nurs ...
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+3Australia is rather awesome with its medical breakthroughs. They get ***** done.
- MeatMountain, on 06/01/2009, -4/+7"The Burnet Institute was awarded a grant by The CD4 Initiative (funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) for the development of a low cost, rapid point-of-care CD4+ T-cell test, specifically designed for field use in remote settings. Professor Suzanne Crowe, Associate Professor David Anderson and senior scientist Mary Garcia lead a team at Burnet with expertise in diagnostic test development. "
Hey IDIOT. We are at the point in civilization where any new scientific discovery is going to be made by a team of scientists backed by lots of money from either a wealthy donor like the Gates Foundation or a government.
They're not discovering something simple like HOW BABBY IS FORMED anymore here, to put it into terms your ADD addled internet brain can understand. - flaminglips, on 06/01/2009, -1/+3@Guru: They don't care? You're a ***** idiot.
- drkroman9, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2Inside scoop: An American company will soon be releasing a mouth-swab device which gives you instant results (much like a home pregnancy test) for HIV/AIDs
- in2thel2ain, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2how many women would be offended if you introduce yourself and have one of these in your palms like the joke hand buzzers?
- anonymousmedic, on 06/02/2009, -0/+2Indeed! I feel at home now!
- ShoujoKakumei, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2So this measures the t-cell count in the blood, and not just the presence or absence of antibodies, without a lab? Nice, there's already plenty of instant antibody diagnostic tests, but a monitoring test is pretty useful as well.
- disgruntledgoat, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2Absolutely, point for Australia :)
But really we're just glad New Zealand or the Poms didn't come up with it =D - whytey, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2I'm not just sure, i'm HIV positive.
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2not funny and very offensive. douche box.
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2I guess that's one way of looking at things positively.
- disgruntledgoat, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2Good point, actually in places with legalised protistution (where prostitutes have to be tested every 3 months already) it would make sense to test customers if the test is indeed as cheap and quick as a pregnancy test.
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+2I can't wait for this to be included in the next mobile phone...
- u8eR, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1No one on digg has to bother taking the test.
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Great until these things are under distributed and people reuse them.
- sgvprelude, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1 + you're HIV positive
- you're negative - AquaOSX, on 06/01/2009, -1/+2You have AIDS, (yes you have aids), not HIV, but full blown AIDS.
You've got theeeee AIIIIIDS.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/5547/family-guy-you-have ... - Wolfcaster, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1I wonder if (once these become as easy and as available as home pregnancy tests) there will be PSA's on NBC telling people to test there partners before sex. "Make sure your girl/boy friend doesn't have AIDS before you bang'em" The More You Know.
- mshea093, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Damnit Mitchel, you have lupis!
- anonymousmedic, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Wow. An HIV/AIDS thread without conspiracy theorists, gay bashing, and AIDS denialism?
Wow, I'm impressed DIGG. - Animal, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1From RTFA it does seem like this is more of an AIDS test (is the immune system actually compromised yet) rather than an HIV test (person has the infection and could pass it on). Still really good but weird that the entire writeup seems to get this wrong. Although there's every chance that I am wrong, anyone with more knowledge about the subject care to fill me in?
- Amadeus2490, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1OraQuick™ is an FDA approved rapid point-of-care fingerstick and venipuncture whole blood test used to aid in the diagnosis of HIV-1 infection. This CLIA waived test, which detects the presence of antibodies to HIV-1, requires only a drop of blood and can produce results in 20 minutes. For more information regarding use outside of the U.S., please call OraSure Customer Service
1-800-ORASURE or send your questions via
e-mail.
http://www.orasure.com/products/default.asp?sec=2& ... - Gloogle, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1What are you implying? That Dominicans are incompetent! And I don't know how I can get infected just by jerking off.
- inactive, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1haha, I swapped the reagent for indian ink...
- leif77, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1I'm totally with you... jesus you're a ***** downer...
- anonymousmedic, on 06/02/2009, -0/+1Didn't both of Christine Maggiore's children, who she refused to be allowed to be prophylactically treated at birth and tested for HIV, die horribly of AIDS related opprotunistic diseases?
Bad example, and bad anectodal evidence to support BAD SCIENCE. Please, go be with the rest of the "Not Sheeple" And leave the rest of us alone. - poonjob, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1as crude as this sounds. it's brilliant!
- pika2000, on 06/01/2009, -0/+1Really? Cheap? I believe it when I see it. Let's see who's going to make them (and own the patents, etc). I see news about a cheap solutions of health problems all the time, yet I rarely see them being truly "cheap" in reality.
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