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Again hiv 4th gen test negative at 22 weeks.a doc here said that hiv antibody can take up to 1 year to show up. is it true ? anxiety came back
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Nucleic acid test: You could get a HIV nucleic acid test. If that is negative at 22 weeks after exposure, you would be home free. It is true that antibodies sometimes can take up to year, but the nucleic acid will obviate that shortcoming.
Answered 11/18/2015
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