A pain-free, non-invasive saliva test is as accurate as a traditional blood test to diagnose infections of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a new meta-analysis published yesterday ...

The Test: The OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test was originally approved for use in whole blood in November 2002 and received a CLIA waiver for expanded use in this setting in January 2003.

The third test is the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test. This needs a sample of moisture from the mouth and gives results in 20 minutes. It isn’t quite as reliable as the tests used by medical professionals – ...

However, the tests are less sensitive when testing whole blood sampled from a finger prick. There is one test (the OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2) which can also test oral fluid samples in addition to ...