on a business trip, an executive engages in unprotected sex with a prostitute. a week later, he worries that he might have been infected with hiv and visits his healthcare provider for testing. his provider recommends a new combo fourth-generation test that detects antibodies and antigens to hiv more quickly than the standard antibody test. how soon can the executive be tested?

With a blood sample, the fourth generation tests can detect both HIV antibodies and the HIV-specific antigen p24. The fourth generation tests call for sending a blood sample to a lab for analysis. The most accurate kind of test is blood testing carried out in a lab. HIV antigens and antibodies are both detected using an antigen/antibody test. For testing carried out in laboratories, antigen/antibody tests are advised and are popular in the US. Blood must be drawn from a vein for this laboratory test. Additionally, a quick antigen/antibody test that uses finger stick blood is available.

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