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I'm visiting 2 gps for a 5 month old hiv exposure. 1 say 6 month & another 1 year conclusive but no 100% gurantee even by 4th gen test. what is true?
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4+4 (4th gen, 4 wks): Your doctors are behind the times and don't understand HIV testing, or you misunderstood. With the standard HIV blood tests now used, to my knowledge there has never been anyone in whom it took more than a few weeks for a positive result. The 4th generation tests are conclusive any time 4 weeks or more after exposure.
Answered 9/30/2020
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I had only one exposure(handjob from massage parlor). Done elisa antibody at 1 month, 3 month, 16th month and 4th gen combo at 17th and 18th month. HIV1 &2 pcr rna at 18th month. All are negative. Are my hiv test results are 100 percentage conclusive?
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