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A member asked:
Hi, i had a negative hiv 1/2 ab lab test (3rd gen) at 100 days post one time encounter, i was told by my nurse practitioner that i need to test again at 6 months? even though the man from my exposure was neg at 8 wks with a 4th gen test? is this true?
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Better to be sure than sick. I would follow local advice.
Answered 11/20/2022
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1 time sex w/ a straight man,no drugs. 8 wks after, he had a neg hiv 4th gen test by quest labs. I had neg test @over 3mos after. I asked him 5x to retest w/ me @5 mos to be sure. He said no & blocked me. Is this suspicious,could he have infected me?
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