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Do you have to become sick with the flu or a cold before antibodies for hiv are made? even if it's at week 11 is week 12 still conclusive?
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Nucleic acid test: You do not have to be sick with any thing to make antibodies to HIV, if you are infected with the virus. Occasionally it may take a person as long as a year to make antibody. At 11-12 weeks after exposure to HIV, nucleic acid test for HIV would be conclusive. At this time a negative HIV antibody does not rule out infection.
Answered 7/14/2014
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