NOVAtest® HIV 1/2 Immunoassay Test Kits

Provided by Atlas Link Technology Co., Ltd

Makes diagnosis Rapid, EASY, Reliable and Accurate

One Step HIV 1/2 Antibody Rapid Tests

HIV 1/2 rapid test kits, including HIV test strip and HIV test cassette, are direct binding screening testing devices for the presence of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 viruses. HIV rapid tests are based on the principle of double antigen sandwich immunoassay principle for the detection of Anti-HIV in human serum, plasma or whole blood specimens. Purified recombinant antigens are employed to identify HIV antibodies specifically. Rapid HIV tests are very sensitive and only takes about 10-15 minutes to get the preliminary results. These HIV rapid test kits are intended for screening of blood donors and as an aid for the diagnosis of clinical conditions related to infection with HIV-1 and/or HIV-2, i.e. the acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

At present, Atlas Link Technology Co., Ltd is supplying HIV 1+2 serum test kit and HIV 1+2 Whole blood Tri-Line test kit. While all of them can detect HIV 1 and HIV 2 with a single test cassette, the HIV three line test cassette can detect HIV antibodies of all isotypes (IgG. IgM, IgA) specific to HIV-1 and HIV-2 simultaneously, and by showing the testing result through two different lines (indicated on the testing cassette by the number 1 and 2). So the HIV tri-line test cassette not only shows positive or negative result, it also show whether the infection is HIV type 1 or HIV type 2.

HIV Antibody ELISA Kit and 4th Generation HIV ELISA Kit

Atlas Link Technology Co., Ltd is supplying HIV 1+2 antibody ELISA kit which can detect total antibody specific to both HIV type-1 and type-2 with one test; also we are supplying the 4th generation HIV ELISA kit, which can detect not only the two groups of antibodies, but also HIV antigens simultaneously, with higher sensitivity and specificity. The new ELSIA kits improves the efficiency of the diagnosis of the HIV infection significantly.

Serological Characters of HIV Antibodies

HIV is an acronym of human immunodeficiency virus, which is a retrovirus that causes AIDS, a highly fatal disease that can be transferred through many ways such as blood transfusion, sexually actions. At the beginning, AIDS was known to be a sexually transmitted disease (STD), or so called social diseases. In this regard, AIDS rapid diagnostic test kits are also referred to as STD rapid test or social diseases test. And because HIV was formerly known as HTLV-III, the test devices is still being referred to as HTLV-III test kits.

The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) type 1 and type 2 are the etiological agents of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related conditions. HIV has been isolated from patients with AIDS, AIDS related complex (ARC) and from healthy individuals at high risk for AIDS. Infection with HIV is followed by an acute flu-like illness. The acute phase is typically followed by an asymptomatic carrier state, which progresses to clinical AIDS in about 50% of infected individuals within 10 years after seroconversion.

Serological evidence of infection with HIV may be obtained by testing for presence of HIV antigens or antibodies in serum of individuals suspected for HIV infection. Antigens can generally be detected during both acute phase and the symptomatic phase of AIDS only. The Antibodies to HIV-1 and/or HIV-2 can be detected throughout virtually the whole infection period, starting at, or shortly after the acute phase and lasting till the end stage of AIDS.

Apart from sexual transmission, the principal route of infection with HIV is blood transfusion. HIV can present both in cellular and cell-free fractions of human blood. Therefore, all donations of blood or plasma should be tested due to the risk of HIV transmission through contaminated blood.