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Scientists compare success of HIV self-test types

OraQuick HIV self-test. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Angela Oketch

Content Lead Health and Science

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Lodwar Referral Hospital chief executive officer, said the blood kit should be given more prominence to avoid inaccurate results.
  • The swabbed saliva sample is placed in a solution that comes with the kit and gives the results in 20 minutes.

Self-testing for HIV using blood kits gives more accurate results than an oral fluid test, a study has shown.

This, the study revealed, could be because of the low quantity of HIV antibodies in oral fluid compared with blood.

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