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What are factors that change the hiv window period from 3 to 6 months?
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Misunderstanding: Hiv has no window. An exposed individual will experience infection fully within fourteen to twenty one days after exposure. A good HIV viral test will be 100% accurate in diagnosing this infection from that point forward. Antibody testing is slower detecting infection because the human body creates these HIV antibodies slowly. 95% of them, however should be diagnosable at 12 weeks, 100% by 24.
Answered 6/27/2014
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