Aids Testing

[Julia Paonessa]

Hello, I have a few questions on present day AIDS testing.  I also posted 
this message on bionet.molbio.hiv.  

Is there a certain blood concentration of HIV that must be reached before 
the test will give a positive result?

I read in PROMED that, during the recent outbreak of Ebola in Zaire, they 
were testing blood serum from patients with a dipstick test for AIDS.

Thank-you for your time

Julia Paonessa
email: paoness at server.uwindsor.ca