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Can hiv lay dominant for 15 years without treatment?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Yes, but...: ...'dormant" just means no symptoms and no apparent disease. It has nothing to do with HIV blood test results. All HIV infections, dormant or not, give positive test results. If the blood test is negative, that person doesn't have HIV, "dormant" or otherwise.

Answered 4/23/2023

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