Research released in May 2011 and funded by United Nations Programme on HIV/ AID (UNAIDS) has made a breakthrough towards halting the AIDs epidemic. The trials have now been conducted in 13 countries in mainly heterosexual couples where one partners is infected and relatively healthy and the other is not. The countries included US, India, Africa, Thailand and Brazil.

 

The findings have now been, that taking the antiretroviral treatment (ART) early and staying on it consistently, prevents infection of the other partner. The trial has been so successful that it ended 3 years early.

 

The fundamental rapid hiv test Singapore has been placed upon starting the therapy early. The people that took part in the trial had a CD4 count of between 350 and 550, whereas people don't usually seek treatment until they have a reduced CD4 count and are much sicker.

 

Treatment with ART happens to be not directed at patients with a CD4 count of above 350 in a lot of the world. The United States do start prescribing ART to patients with CD4 count of above 350 nevertheless the ART drugs are costly. Turning these findings into a sustainable treatment is the challenge.

 

This new research is merely an additional reason to obtain an HIV test the moment you believe you have put yourself into an "at an increased risk" situation. Research in BC, released in March 2011 called HAART (Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy) showed similar declines in new HIV cases with ART. This research can be chosen in the same year as new HIV infections in the UK are reported to possess doubled over the last decade according to the Health Protection Agency.

 

If you imagine you have contracted the illness, there are several possibilities for HIV testing. The simplest option may be to get hold of an STI Clinic. Some clinics offer a walk in rapid HIV testing service. This works on the drop of blood extracted from your finger and the test result can be obtained 15 minutes from when the blood sample is taken. The answers are either "reactive" this means preliminary positive or negative. If the end result is "reactive" you will have a future test with the blood extracted from the vein and sent for confirmation to a laboratory. The choice to testing at an STI Clinic, is HIV home screening the place where a saliva sample is delivered to a lab for analysis. With a home test, a blood test will still be required to confirm infection, if the saliva sample returns and is not "all clear."