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High risk sex encounter put on hiv prophylaxis 19 hrs after. ten days later sore throat and headache. if these are signs of acute hiv would test now pick up hiv? would oraquick home test be adequate test now?
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Could be hiv signs: Nucleic acid test can pick up hiv 7 days after exposure. For oraquick you need to wait 3 weeks after exposure.
Answered 8/11/2018
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Nucleic acid test: Any antibody bases test may not be useful at this stage. You may wish to take a HIV nucleic acid test. This would be relevant only if positive. A negative test result this soon after exposure would not rule out HIV infection.
Answered 8/14/2018
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