A member asked:

Are hiv rna tests reliable? is it known to give false positives? ive been testing negative but afraid to take any test that gives lots a falsepositive

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Dr. Jose Prieto-hernandez answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

RNA PCR Rare false+: Both Qualitative and Quantitative HIV PCR testing have very low rates of false positivity! So if HIV 1 Real time PCR quantitation is Positive for 30 or more copies /ml of blood It means you have active HIV Virus in your bloodstream even if it is at low titer! HIV Non Progressors have Positive ELISA/Western Blot Testing but negative HIV Viral load ! So HIV does not replicate in their bloodstream

Answered 5/9/2017

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