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Could a combination of a 4th generarion test and a hiv rna test taken at 3 months after possible expousure miss possible hiv infection??
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No: These tests could not possibly miss an HIV infeciton.
Answered 12/25/2015
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Dear STD expert, im read about hiv rna/pcr only detect for HIV 1 infection virus, i want to ask about HIV 4th generation test ag/ab is HIV 4th gen ag/ab at 45 days according to CDC guideline rule out hiv 1 infection only? or its rule out both hiv1&2?
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