What is STARHS? (Belinda, Masese Girls School)
Response from Mr Malime Michael
The standard HIV antibody test tells whether or not a person is infected with HIV, not when they were infected. The CDC has developed the Serologic Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS) to determine whether people with HIV may have been infected recently (within the past year). STARHS uses two enzyme immunoassays (EIAs): a standard HIV EIA that is sensitive to low levels of HIV antibodies and a modified, less sensitive (LS) HIV EIA that is less sensitive to low levels of HIV antibodies. Specimens that react to the more sensitive (standard) EIA, but not on the less sensitive EIA, indicate a lower level of HIV antibodies and therefore likely to represent a newer infection.
STARHS was developed to look at HIV infection in groups
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Chelsea D // September 17, 2009 at 3:33 am |
Will the test work if you have been on HIV medication? My mom got HIV drawing a patients blood and the vacutainer blew up in her face getting blood in her mouth and eyes..i know its rare but it happened…this was over a year ago and she has been on meds for 2 months and this might help her in her case