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Can healthy people get false positive elisa hiv test? if so why?

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Dr. Joram Seggev answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Allergy & Immunology

Yes, it is possible: Some people may have a biologically false-positive test for hiv, when tested by elisa. Such people usually have a negative or indeterminate confirmatory test, the western blot. That usually happens because of some antibodies that were directed against other organisms recognizing part of hiv. If there is any question, a qualitative HIV dna pcr may put the question to rest.

Answered 2/1/2015

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