A 40-year-old member asked:

can an hiv positive child be born to an hiv negative mother, such as if the mother's test was wrong?

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Dr. Willam Lau answered

Infectious Disease 10 years experience

Yes: If the HIV negative mother's test was in error (true positive) then the child would most likely HIV positive also.

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