Saliva test detects HIV as accurately as blood screening, Canadian study finds

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HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can be diagnosed from a mouth swab as accurately as from a blood sample, Canadian scientists said.

Researchers from McGill University in Montreal said that their saliva HIV test OraQuick HIV 1/2 was 99 percent accurate for HIV in high-risk populations and about 97 percent in low-risk populations.

The oral test works by detecting whether HIV antibodies are present in a person's oral fluid and gives a result within 20 minutes.