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When someone gets HIV, the body's immune system makes antibodies to try to fight the infection. Most HIV tests available today test for HIV antibodies. If HIV antibodies are present, it means that a person is infected with HIV. One type of HIV test detects the virus itself. This is called an RNA test. RNA testing is more expensive and much less common than antibody tests.
Types of Tests. Types of Tests. First, the lab will test your blood for HIV antibodies using a test called ELISA (enzyme-linked. immunosorbent assay). If HIV antibodies are found, we test the same sample of blood again with a test called a Western Blot to. confirm an HIV infection. It is important to know that once HIV enters the body, it takes an average of 2 to 12 weeks, or up to 6. months, for HIV antibodies to be present in the blood and show up in an HIV test.