Robert Palmer, Health Adviser at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital tested Prince Harry live on social media in a bid to 'normalise' the procedure and bring greater awareness of the condition. His visit was streamed live via the Royal Family's Facebook page. The quick pin-prick test proved negative within a few minutes. The video was viewed by over 100,000 people within an hour … [Read more...]
Rapid ‘combination’ test fails to detect many cases of acute HIV infection
Roger Pebody Published: 06 January 2012 A rapid, point-of-care test, which aims to reduce the ‘window period’ through the detection of both antibodies and p24 antigen has poor performance in a clinical setting, researchers report in an article published online ahead of print by the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Whilst the test reliably identified people with established … [Read more...]