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I recently went to a non-licensed acupuncture place 8 months ago.. tested for hiv.. is this test conclusive, what to do?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Should be accurate: There is a “window period” during which a person who is infected will not yet have a positive HIV test result. This is because it takes a while for the body to develop antibodies to the hiv. An HIV test can show infection in most people within 3 months (average of 25 days to build HIV antibodies). A 3 month negative test may be repeated at the 6 month point to pick up on the rare situations in >.

Answered 6/10/2014

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