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It&＃39;s a very big deal, because it puts complete privacy in the hands of everyone to be able to get HIV test at home with no inconvenience whatsoever," said Dr. Richard D&＃39;Aquilla of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.More than a million people in the United States are believed to be infected with HIV and it&＃39;s estimated one in five don&＃39;t know it.Experts say accurate testing is the principal reason new HIV cases are holding steady at about 50,000 a year."This really puts the power to stop the HIV epidemic in the hands of every one of us," said Dr. D&＃39;Aquilla.The test is about 92% accurate, meaning about one of every twelve people with HIV might get a false negative result and a false sense of security.Home tests have been available since 1996 and most have involved blood tests that have to be mailed off to the lab.Activists are hailing a new way to detect HIV yet worry what happens after someone tests positive.But in the absence of a cure it&＃39;s a giant leap toward preventing the spread of HIV.