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How long after the exposure should i wait to get a 100% accurate and reliable result for hiv test? 3 or 6 month

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Dr. Olakitan Akinjagunla answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

6months: Usually test is conclusive after 6months .There have been some rare cases where sero conversion took up to a year to occur

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Answered 2/4/2018

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