HIV positive

HIV positive

HIV positive means that a subject is infected from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The confirmation of presence of the virus in the body is acknowledged by two HIV tests. One of them is a preliminary enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test and other one is a confirmatory Western blot test. For a person to be HIV positive, both of these tests need to have positive antibodies to HIV.

A person who is HIV positive can transfer the virus to other specially the sexual mates. Females can transfer the virus to the unborn baby developing inside their womb. Anyone who is infected by ...