Two dual rapid HIV and syphilis tests were tested in the study. Both options offered results in less than 15 minutes — and were found to have more than 90 per cent accuracy, according to Singh.

Now authorized for professional use in Canada, the iStatis Syphilis Antibody Test offers a fast, accurate, and portable solution to strengthen syphilis screening efforts nationwide.

The INSTI® Multiplex HIV-1/2 Syphilis Antibody Test is already used in other global markets, such as Canada and across Europe, with Health Canada authorization and its CE Mark, respectively.

Provincially, nationally, and globally, there is an ongoing resurgence of syphilis. In Alberta, the number of infectious syphilis cases increased by 2,498 per cent between 2012 and 2022.

In a clinical study, the First to Know test correctly identified 99.5% (1158 out of 1164) of negative specimens and 93.4% (99 out of 106) of positive specimens when compared with 3 FDA-cleared ...

The University of Alberta in western Canada will soon try out a two-in-one test for HIV and syphilis on 1,500 people. If this study proves the test to be effective it could be approved for use in ...

In the 2 years before the intervention, 296 of 4,764 (6.2%) encounters included testing for syphilis, which increased almost eightfold after the intervention to 2,307 of 4,401 (52.4%).

On August 16 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the sale of the first over-the-counter at-home test for syphilis in an effort to contain a national surge in the sexually transmitted ...