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Home HIV test gives a result in 10 minutes
An Alsace laboratory has launched a self-test HIV kit that costs just €10 at a pharmacy, a third of the cost of many other tests.
The Biosynex Exacto test is aimed at people who fear going to see their GP, with 25,000 undiagnosed cases in France.
A finger-prick blood sample gives a response in 10 minutes.
