In an effort to reduce the incidence of AIDS in Japan, some public health centers have recently adopted a quick HIV testing regime that officials hope will be an effective tool for early stage detection and containment of the disease.
The new testing system enables people to learn whether they are infected with HIV in just one to two hours. Conventional testing methods take one to two weeks, which requires the test takers to visit institutions twice -- first to have a blood sample taken and the second time to learn the results.
Both the conventional and quick testing methods have the same level of accuracy, according to experts.