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A member asked:

Can a person have no antibodies to hiv after 6 months? in that case and if truly infected, will p24 and/or viral load be detectable? can the 3 be (-)?

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Very rare: A nuceic acid test will settle the question if you are still having anxiety.

Dr Hegab and another doctor agreed

Answered 6/27/2018

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