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Is the rna hiv test accurate to check if you were recently exposed? i read you can take it around 9-11 days at the earliest after exposure to get accurate results?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

HIV RNA testing can be used following exposure, but should be limited to truly high risk exposures, like unprotected sex with a known infected partner. It's not a very good test if risk is lower. About 80-90% of new infections produce positive RNA tests after 9-12 days, but it takes 2-3 weeks for maximum test performance. Even then, a few infections may be missed; RNA should never be the only test

Answered 3/8/2022

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