HIV Screening
Antibodies and antigen from HIV infection.
Recommended once for all adults; early treatment gives a normal life expectancy.
How we rate it — Useful
Worth doing for a specific reason — a risk factor, a symptom, an age group.
This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.
Check-ups that include it
None of the health check-up packages we track include this test.
Also sold as
Every one of these names refers to this same test. Resolving them to one canonical entry is what makes an honest comparison possible.
hiv 1 2 · hiv 2 · hiv screening · method 1 hiv 1 2 by immunochromatography · result hiv 1
Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.