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HIV: Myth Dispelled, Home Test Approved
his undated handout photo provided by Orasure shows the OraQuick test, which detects the presence of HIV in saliva collected using a mouth swab. (AP)
Dr. Keith Crawford, research associate in the department of Clinical Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD (Photo: huccpp.org)
(AURN) -- A John Hopkins School of Medicine researcher dispels a troubling myth about HIV transmission; that as the FDA has approved the first in-home HIV testing kit. The kit, OraQuick allows people to test using a mouth swab in the privacy of their own homes, and gives results in 30 minutes. AURN's Kim Lampkins and Cynthia Levy filed a team report.



