A test of saliva which is used to detect the AIDS virus
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A saliva test used to diagnose HIV has an accuracy similar to the test of traditional blood for high-risk population, according to a meta-analysis which has been compared studies around the world led by researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC-RI) and McGill University, in Canada, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The tested saliva test called OraQuick HIV1/2′, has a sensitivity slightly less for low-risk populations. The results of this work have major implications for those countries wishing to adopt strategies for auto-análisis for detecting the HIV virus.
According to the main author of this study, Nitica Pant Pai, medical scientist of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and associate professor of medicine at McGill University, “Although previous studies have shown that the test ‘ OraQuick HIV1/2′ is promising, ours is the first that evaluates its overall potential”.
Team Pant Pai has analyzed and synthesized data of research undertaken in real life, from five databases around the world. Their findings showed that this test of saliva has an accuracy of 99% for populations at high risk and 97% the population of bass.
Oral HIV test has become one of the most popular for its ease of use. A test is non-invasive, painless and provides results in 20 minutes. “Get people holding clinics HIV test has been difficult for visibility, stigma, lack of privacy and discrimination.” “An option confidential to undergo this teas, such as an auto-análisis, could end the stigma associated with HIV-test”, notes Pant Pai.
