There are more than a dozen different HIV Home Test Kits being advertised on the market today. Some are very good, some are fakes others have a limited accuracy/sensivity and some of them are not available as a Home Test Kit to purchase.

It's sometimes hard to find the HIV Test Kid which fits best to you. That's why Aidsgame.com gives you here a complete HIV home test review about all major HIV Test Kits available today.

Be also aware that some HIV Test Kit vendors tell you that only HIV Test Kit's approved by the FDA are reliable. This is a compelling sales strategy, but it is not true at all. FDA approval cost tons of money, thats why certain home HIV test are not FDA approved but still work.

You can get HIV tested for free in any national hospital for free. If you do not have time to go there, an Home HIV Test makes good sense.

Aidsgame.com tested different HIV Home Test Kits. By "testing" we mean, that we

According to our research we gave the test "Approval Status" or not. There are some tests still pending for approval. So please come back once in a while and keep yourself updated. Watch out for these signs

OraSureR HIV-1
Oral Specimen Test
Our Recommendation

Buy OraSure here

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OraSure system is an FDA approved HIV oral test and legally marketed in the United States.

Testing with the OraSure HIV-1 Oral device requires no blood or needles and has been shown to be more than 99% accurate. It takes only 20min till you get your result.

Although Orasure is an oral test, it is not testing the saliva for the HIV virus. Like a blood test, the Orasure test is looking for antibodies to the HIV virus, not the actual virus itself. These antibodies are found in the oral fluid found between the cheek and gum.

Orasure HIV-1 specimen collection is painless and involves no needles. There will be no visible sign that you have been tested. The Orasure test is very accurate ( >99) The results of your Orasure will be returned to the Task Force in approximately two weeks. You will be given a return appointment to receive your results.

You simply wipe a treated cotton swab along the gums and stick the swab into a special testing device for on-the-spot results.

Testing with an OraSure HIV-1 Oral Specimen Collection Device is a safe, easy, and reliable way to test for HIV-1 antibodies.

Many Student Health Center offers free and anonymous HIV testing with OraSure. If you have accuess to one of this centers you can save yourself some dollars.

We at Aidsgame.com recommend you OraSureR HIV-1

How OraSure Works
	The special pad is placed between the lower gum and inner cheek and left there for two minutes.
	The OraSure system draws HIV antibodies out of the tissues of the cheek and gum. The virus itself is rarely ever found in oral fluid.
	This sample, called mucosal ransudate,contains far fewer contaminants than typically found in saliva.

Aidsgame.com conclusion
Accuracy/ Sensitivity	good ( >99%)
Plus Points	you don't need a blood test, cheap (24.95US$), takes only 20minutes
Minus Points	you can not purchase it as an individual
Manufacturers Reliability	Very Good
Comment	The HIV oral test from Orasure is a very secure, cost inexpensive product! The fact that you don't need any blood makes it even more appealing. We recommend you to buy this HIV Test not even for yourself but also for your sex partners. There is no reason why anybody should refuse a oral HIV Test, exect they hide something.
More Info	Buy OraSure here Manufacturer Info

Home Access Standard Express

Standard
(takes 7 days)

Express
(takes 3 days)

Buy at TestCountry.com

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Home Access test system is FDA approved and legally marketed in the United States.

This approved system uses a simple finger prick process for home blood collection which results in dried blood spots on special paper. The dried blood spots are mailed to a laboratory with a confidential and anonymous personal identification number (PIN), and analyzed by trained clinicians in a certified medical laboratory using the same procedures that are used for samples taken in a doctor's office. The results are obtained by the purchaser through a toll free telephone number using the PIN, and post-test counseling is provided by telephone when results are obtained.

This approved HIV test systems, has undergone extensive study and review by the manufacturer of the product to ensure that they work, that the results they provide are specific, meaning that they will accurately detect antibodies to the HIV-1 virus that causes AIDS. The test kit are sensitive, meaning that they can detect even low levels of these antibodies, indicating that someone has been exposed to HIV-1.

Clinical studies have shown that this approved HIV test system is able to correctly identify 100% of known positive blood samples, and 99.5% of HIV-1 negative blood samples.

In addition, manufacturer's tests on the approved HIV test system have been carefully reviewed by the FDAto assure that the tests conducted were themselves adequate to demonstrate that the system is capable of yielding accurate, dependable results. FDA review also assures that the system contains adequate directions for proper use, and that the quality standards will be monitored to ensure that each kit is as consistently accurate and sensitive.

This approved HIV test system has a built in mechanism for pre-and post-test counseling provided by the manufacturer. Counseling is an important part of the HIV testing. It is anonymous and confidential. Counseling, which uses both printed material, and telephone interaction, not only provides the user with an interpretation of what positive or negative results really mean, but provides information on how to keep from getting infected if you are negative, and how to prevent transmission of disease if you find you are infected. Counseling also provides you with information about treatment options if you are infected, and can even provide referrals to doctors that treat HIV-infected individuals in your area.

Since the approved HIV home test system has been independently tested, validated, and approved by the FDA for marketing, the consumer can feel confident that the approved HIV test system will provide the most accurate results available from an HIV-1 home test. In addition, the user is provided with counseling and referrals if needed. Use of an approved HIV test system also assures that accurate numbers of infection are reported to public health departments so that adequate services can be provided.

Aidsgame.com conclusion
Accuracy/ Sensitivity	very good (99.5%)
Plus Points	pre-and post-test counseling you get a written HIV confirmation
Minus Points	takes up to 7 days to get your test results
Manufacturers Reliability	very good
Comment	If you dont mind waiting for several days to get your results, this it the best HIV Test Kit for you.
Purchase	TestCountry.com

OraQuickR Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test

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not sold on the Internet
Go for the OraSure Oral Test instead

OraQuick is an FDA approved rapid point-of-care fingerstick and venipuncture whole blood test used to aid in the diagnosis of HIV-1 infection. As the above mentioned OraSure Oral HIV-1 Specimen Test, OraQuick is only available to purchase for laboratories, hospitals, doctors or special trained individuals.

The OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test is a rapid, point-of-care test designed to detect antibodies to HIV-1 within 20 minutes. Based on the results from a large controlled clinical trial, the overall sensitivity and specificity of the OraQuick® Rapid HIV-1 Antibody test was shown to be 99.6% and 100.0% respectively, using fingerstick and venipuncture whole blood specimens.

Aidsgame.com conclusion
Accuracy/ Sensitivity	very good (99.6%)
Plus Points	takes only 20minutes, you don't need a blood test
Minus Points	you can not purchase it as an individual
Comment	Again a great, cost inexpensive product! But you can' buy it as an individual.
More Infos	OraSure (only for laboratories etc) you can not buy this test on the internet Go for the OraSure Oral Test instead

Salivax HIV Quick Test

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Salivax HIV Quick Test is easy to use, rapid, reliable and accurate. It requires n specialized equipment or specially trained personnel. It will detect antibodies in salvia, therefore no blood test is necessary.

Testing with an Salivax is a safe, easy, and reliable way to test for HIV-1/2 antibodies. Testing with the Salivax requires 2ml of fresh or stored saliva to yield positive results. It been shown to be more than 99% accurate. It takes only 15 min. till you get your result.

The FDA has approved Salivax for export but it is not available for distribution in the USA because registering the product will cost an inordinate amount of money and jack up the price of test kits abroad. The product is wide spread in Russia and south America

Watch the online video from ImmunoScience.com how to perform their Home Test Salivax Quick HIV Kit.

Aidsgame.com conclusion

Accuracy/
Sensitivity very good (99.5%)

Plus Points takes only 20minutes, no blood needed

Minus Points you can not purchase it as an individual
not availabe in the USA

Troublesome when doing the test. Multiple steps involved. If possible to not buy this test as a home test kit.

Comment
Again a great, cost inexpensive product! But you can' buy it as an individual in the USA.

Buy/Info Immunoscience.com

Unkown HIV Home Test Kits

Watch out for dubious HIV Test Kits!

There are many dubious HIV Test Kits found on the Internet. These fake AIDS HIV Test Kids always show a nagative HIV result even the test person is HIV positive.

We also belive that there are also different fake HIV Test Kits.

100% fake, which means that these test kids never show any result. The package description tells the user that if no red point (etc) appears you are HIV negativ. And of course nothing show up because you are just dropping water on white paper stick.
Test Kids which are not made for HIV Tests, but for another test purpose. (can be sold for a higher price)
not accurate enough.

The main problem with these HIV Home Test Kits is that the manufacturer is unknown. We contacted all of the vendors but didnft get enough information about the product. Some of them never even replied.

We do not recommend you to purchase these Kits. We will keep this list updated as soon we get more information from the vendors.

Signal

under investigation

http://www.htkits.com/

under investigation

http://www.aidstestingkit.com/

Office is located in the Caribbean but no contact address.
www.worldhealthdiagnostics.com is the distributor but no information about this company found at google.
manufacturer is unknown
AIDSGame contacted the distributor but never got any answer
manufacturer unknown
"Not Approved" is our recommendation at ADISGame.com. It does not mean that the test is a fake, but we don't have enoug info about it.

http://www.aidshivtest.com/

Under investigation
manufacturer unknown
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/06/seville.htm

http://www.health-diagnostics.net/store/hi.php?ref=alipman&lang=en

under investigation (aff,es)
manufacturer unknown
"Not Approved" is our recommendation at ADISGame.com. It does not mean that the test is a fake, but we don't have enough info about it.

http://aids-test-kit.com/

under investigation (es)
manufacturer unknown
"Not Approved" is our recommendation at ADISGame.com. It does not mean that the test is a fake, but we don't have enoug info about it.

A U.S. District Court has issued a Temporary Restraining Order to halt U.S. sales of a HIV/AIDS home test kit.

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint alleging that the kitfs marketer deceptively advertised that its results were 99.4 percent accurate, and was advertising and selling the kits in the United States in violation of federal laws.

Judge Robert S. Lasnik ordered a temporary bar on the advertising and distribution of the kits in the United States, and ordered that any kits that are imported into the United States be seized. The FTC will seek a permanent ban on the advertising and sale of the defective kits.

According to the FTC complaint, Seville Marketing, Ltd., a British Columbia, Canada, corporation, and its principal, Gregory Stephen Wong, have marketed and sold the gDiscreeth HIV home test kit from Web sites aidshivtest.com and discreettest.com. The kits cost $29.95.

Advertising on the Web sites makes claims such as gOver the past two years wefve had three independent studies done on Discreet and our 99.4% accuracy rate is based upon these studies.h

On behalf of the FTC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tested the accuracy of the kits. Results of the testing, based on the package instructions, gchanged dramaticallyh during the 15 minutes that the results were reported. After three minutes, 15.4 percent of the kits gave erroneous readings; after 8 minutes, 29.6 percent registered inaccurate results; after 15 minutes, 59.3 percent of the kits gave inaccurate results. Moreover, the kits showed both inaccurate HIV-positive results and inaccurate HIV-negative results.

Any consumer who has previously relied upon the results of a Discreet HIV home test kit should see a health professional and take another test to determine his or her HIV status.

In documents filed with the court, the FTC notes that the Discreet kits cannot legally be sold in the United States because the defendants have neither requested nor received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to sell what qualifies as a gdiagnostich instrument under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

HIV Home Test Kits Review

OraSureR HIV-1 Oral Specimen Test Our Recommendation

OraQuickR Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test

Salivax HIV Quick Test

Unkown HIV Home Test Kits

OraSureR HIV-1
Oral Specimen Test
Our Recommendation