Saliva contains a very small amount of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and oral cavity contains a variety of proteases, which can degrade and inactivate HIV. So under normal circumstances, saliva will not be infected with HIV. Aware detects HIV antibody in saliva, which is an immunoglobulin secreted by human body after being infected with HIV. The HIV antibody concentration of oral samples is11000 of that of blood samples.
What are the precautions in the process of using Ivy test?
Answer: In order to ensure the accuracy of sample collection, special attention should be paid to the use: this product can be used for voluntary counseling and testing. In order to protect your privacy from others, please conduct this experiment in a relatively independent and safe environment. The residual HIV-positive semen in the oral cavity will affect the test results. Dental plaque, periodontitis and periodontal disease did not affect the test results. The best test environment for this product should be 15-30 degrees Celsius. Brush your teeth and rinse your mouth for 30 minutes before sampling experiment. After the completion of the first sampling test, if a second sampling test is needed, the sampling test shall be carried out 30 minutes after the completion of the first test. According to the interference test of calypte in the United States, this product is not affected by smoking, drinking, coffee, milk, tea, carbonated drinks, juice, cola, water, orange juice and eating. If there are above actors before the test, please take samples after 10 minutes. When sampling with an oral swab, the swab should be inserted into the gingival sulcus as far as possible and wiped back and forth against the gingival sulcus line. Simply brushing teeth will cause incomplete sampling and affect the test results. Do not touch the pad end of the clean oral swab when taking it out of the bag. When taking out the test paper from the aluminum foil bag, please do not touch the surface of the intermediate film of the test paper and the water absorption area at the lower part of the test paper. From the time when the test paper is put into the diluent to 30 minutes, please read the test results carefully with the naked eye under the conditions of sufficient light (natural light or white fluorescent lamp) and irreversible white background (such as white printing paper). If two lines appear, regardless of the color depth of the detection line, the test result is read as positive.