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Do I need an HIV test?

 

When is an HIV test recommended?

An HIV test is recommended for anyone who

* had blood transfusions between 1978, the year AIDS began in the U.S., and before March 1985, when HIV testing of the blood supply began,

* has not been in a mutually monogamous sexual relationship,

* is pregnant,

* has shared injection drug needles or had sex with someone who has,

* has hemophilia or has had sex with someone who has hemophilia.