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Cdc hivtestingalgorithmrecommendationfinal doc, pge11, suggest hiv antibody r antigen r viral load detect by day 50 for diag. then y some docs disagre

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Dr. Susan Rhoads answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

No test is perfect.: Lab tests have false positives and false negatives. The accuracy of a diagnostic lab test also depends on how good the lab is, and how the test sample was collected. If detecting HIV was easy there would be only one test.

Answered 1/16/2015

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