2020-02-19T14:15:27
THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF HIV TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING HIV.
WHCH TESTS TO BE DONE DEPENDS ON THE TIME OF PREVIOUS EXPOSURE.
ANTIBODY BASED TESTS ARE GOOD IF DONE ONLY AFTER 3 MONTHS AFTER CONTACT HISTORY.
TESTS CAN ALSO DETECT THE VIRUS DIRECTLY BUT ARE COSTLY AND NOT VERY ACCURATE.
VIRUS BASED TESTS DONOT DETECT HIV 2 WHICH IS RARE IN INDIA.
THEN THERE ARE TESTS TO KNOWW THE STAGE OF THE DISEASE LIKE CD4 COUNT AND VIRAL LOAD.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME TESTS TO DETECT DRUG RESISTANCE AND ALSO TO KNOW DRUG SENSTIVITY (TO KNOW IF THE PERSON HAS DRUG SENSTIVITY/ALLERGY.)