False Positives from HIV tests

[Sheri Nakken]

Gallow has a patent on the test

http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/index/rgallo.htm
More than anyone, Robert Gallo is the embodiment of AIDS research in the
United States. He was the man who proved that the virus now known as HIV,
for human immunodeficiency virus, causes AIDS; he was the man who developed
the test that safeguards the world's blood supply against the disease. He
holds or shares 79 patents, and his discoveries have generated more than $1
billion in private-sector revenues." Read more about this AIDS Saint.
False positives

http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/index/hivtests.htm

http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/chjtests4.htm
WHY THE "AIDS TEST" DOESN'T WORK IN AFRICA

http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/cfposflaw.htm
There are at least 70 underlying conditions -- including pregnancy,
auto-immune disorders, fever, flu, flu shots and malaria -- that can
trigger a false-positive test result. That could account for many of the
so-called AIDS cases in Africa, where only the ELISA test -- the more
problematic of the two tests -- is used. What if all these Africans are
really testing positive for malaria?

http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/cjtestfp.htm
Factors Known to Cause False-Positive HIV Antibody Test Results

* Anti-carbohydrate antibodies (52, 19, 13)
* Naturally-occurring antibodies (5, 19)
* Passive immunization: receipt of gamma globulin or immune globulin
(as prophylaxis against infection which contains antibodies)(18, 26, 60, 4,
22, 42, 43, 13)
* Leprosy (2, 25)
* Tuberculosis (25)
* Mycobacterium avium (25)
* Systemic lupus erythematosus (15, 23)
* Renal (kidney) failure (48, 23, 13)
* Hemodialysis/renal failure (56, 16, 41, 10, 49)
* Alpha interferon therapy in hemodialysis patients (54)
* Flu (36)
* Flu vaccination (30, 11, 3, 20, 13, 43)
* Herpes simplex I (27)
* Herpes simplex II (11)
* Upper respiratory tract infection (cold or flu)(11)
* Recent viral infection or exposure to viral vaccines (11)
* Pregnancy in multiparous women (58, 53, 13, 43, 36)
* Malaria (6, 12)
* High levels of circulating immune complexes (6, 33)
* Hypergammaglobulinemia (high levels of antibodies) (40, 33)
* False positives on other tests, including RPR (rapid plasma reagent)
test for syphilis (17, 48, 33, 10, 49)
* Rheumatoid arthritis (36)
* Hepatitis B vaccination (28, 21, 40, 43)
* Tetanus vaccination (40)
* Organ transplantation (1, 36)
* Renal transplantation (35, 9, 48, 13, 56)
* Anti-lymphocyte antibodies (56, 31)
* Anti-collagen antibodies (found in gay men, haemophiliacs, Africans
of both sexes and people with leprosy)(31)
* Serum-positive for rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibody (both
found in rheumatoid arthritis and other autoantibodies)(14, 62, 53)
* Autoimmune diseases (44, 29, 10, 40, 49, 43): Systemic lupus
erythematosus, scleroderma, connective tissue disease, dermatomyositis
* Acute viral infections, DNA viral infections (59, 48, 43, 53, 40, 13)
* Malignant neoplasms (cancers)(40)
* Alcoholic hepatitis/alcoholic liver disease (32, 48, 40,10,13, 49,
43, 53)
* Primary sclerosing cholangitis (48, 53)
* Hepatitis (54)
* "Sticky" blood (in Africans) (38, 34, 40)
* Antibodies with a high affinity for polystyrene (used in the test
kits)(62, 40, 3)
* Blood transfusions, multiple blood transfusions (63, 36,13, 49, 43, 41)
* Multiple myeloma (10, 43, 53)
* HLA antibodies (to Class I and II leukocyte antigens)(7, 46, 63, 48,
10, 13, 49, 43, 53)
* Anti-smooth muscle antibody (48)
* Anti-parietal cell antibody (48)
* Anti-hepatitis A IgM (antibody)(48)
* Anti-Hbc IgM (48)
* Administration of human immunoglobulin preparations pooled before
1985 (10)
* Haemophilia (10, 49)
* Haematologic malignant disorders/lymphoma (43, 53, 9, 48, 13)
* Primary biliary cirrhosis (43, 53, 13, 48)
* Stevens-Johnson syndrome9, (48, 13)
* Q-fever with associated hepatitis (61)
* Heat-treated specimens (51, 57, 24, 49, 48)
* Lipemic serum (blood with high levels of fat or lipids)(49)
* Haemolyzed serum (blood where haemoglobin is separated from the red
cells)(49)
* Hyperbilirubinemia (10, 13)
* Globulins produced during polyclonal gammopathies (which are seen in
AIDS risk groups)(10, 13, 48)
* Healthy individuals as a result of poorly-understood cross-reactions
(10)
* Normal human ribonucleoproteins (48,13)
* Other retroviruses (8, 55, 14, 48, 13)
* Anti-mitochondrial antibodies (48, 13)
* Anti-nuclear antibodies (48, 13, 53)
* Anti-microsomal antibodies (34)
* T-cell leukocyte antigen antibodies (48, 13)
* Proteins on the filter paper (13)
* Epstein-Barr virus (37)
* Visceral leishmaniasis (45)
* Receptive anal sex (39, 64)
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[Shannon Nelson]

Knowing that list of reasons for possible "false positives" seems
hugely important. One would have to hope that the *doctor* is taking
it into account in their advise to the patient.
Shannon
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