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Hi dr. is it possible to have a false negative result from an hiv 4th gen test done at 46 days and 56 because of an covid-19 outbreak ? or asking different, could an covid and post covid outbreak mess with an 4th gen hiv test ? thank you .?
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No and no. “Official” recommendation- negative 4th generation test at 90 days.
Answered 6/19/2021
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