STD Advanced 20

20 markers in three parts: five serology targets (HIV type 1, HIV type 2, hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibodies and RPR for syphilis); a fourteen-target genital PCR panel run on urine; and a routine urinalysis with microscopy. One appointment covers all three.

They find different things. Blood serology detects your body's response to infections that circulate silently (HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis), while urine PCR detects the genetic material of organisms living in the genital tract at that moment. Neither sample can do the other's job.

It separates a urinary tract infection from a sexually transmitted one, which matters because the two can feel identical. Leucocytes and nitrites point towards a urine infection, while blood, protein or glucose can reveal something unrelated to sexual health that your doctor will want to follow up.

It contains the whole of the STD Extended 14 PCR panel and adds the blood side (HIV, hepatitis B and C and syphilis) plus the urinalysis. Choose Extended 14 if your concern is genital symptoms alone; choose this if you want the blood-borne infections covered as well.

The STD Master 28 changes the PCR side rather than simply extending it: it adds further candida species, the bacteria of bacterial vaginosis, cytomegalovirus, varicella zoster and lymphogranuloma venereum, but drops Group B Streptococcus. It is urine PCR only, with no blood serology and no urinalysis.

No. Human papillomavirus is tested on its own and is not part of the PCR panel here, because it needs a cervical or genital swab rather than urine. If you want it too, the HPV test is a separate booking.

The PCR half becomes informative earlier than the serology half, because it looks for organisms rather than for your immune response. Even so, a recent exposure may not show yet on either, so your doctor may act on the PCR results now and advise repeating the blood tests after an interval.

Nothing is concluded from a screen alone. A reactive HIV, hepatitis or RPR result goes on to a confirmatory test by a different method, and a PCR detection is matched to a specific treatment, usually with partners treated at the same time. Our team contacts you with the next steps for the confirmatory testing, and a physician explains what each one is looking for.

Yes. You book it for yourself, both samples are collected at an address you choose, and the report is released only to your secure account. It is private screening rather than a visa or employment medical, which is arranged through official channels. Our STD testing in Dubai page has the detail.

AED 699 covers all 20 markers, both samples and free collection anywhere in Dubai, seven days a week, by a DHA-licensed phlebotomist. The complete report, PCR panel included, is physician-reviewed and released within 48 hours.