However, unknown to many, the torch basically gives a clue of what the Statue of Liberty once was, which is a lighthouse. It was in 1876 when the torch and the right hand that lifts it was completed by the great sculptor, Frederic Bartholdi.
Urine Test for HIV. A test that detects HIV antibodies in urine was approved by the FDA in 1996. This test is not generally available to consumers. It is usually marketed to insurance companies and to other countries. Note: urine has antibodies for HIV, not HIV itself, so HIV is not transmitted by urine.
In asymptomatic HIV-1 infected patients, the test would be expected to miss 1 or 2 people in every 100. Other studies showed that the urine-based test would give a falsely positive result in one or two people out of 100 without HIV-1 antibodies in their blood, compared to one in 1000 with a blood-based ELISA test. Last Editorial Review: 4/3/2002.