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If we are infected with covid 19 will the results of the hiv rapid test / syphilis rapid test be false positive (does covid affect the results of the syphilis and hiv rapid test both false negativ/positive)?

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A member asked:

If we are infected with covid 19 will the results of the hiv rapid test / syphilis rapid test be false positive (does covid affect the results of the syphilis and hiv rapid test both false negativ/positive)?

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Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

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I wanna ask about coinfection syphilis and hiv because i got many symptoms and very hig exposures with womans but i wanna sk i got many test for hiv 4th gen 3 6 9 montsh later and for syphilis too can coinfection generate false negative result ?

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Wanted to have my ducks in a row for my negative results: HIV 4th generation test (14 weeks), HCV RNA (9 weeks) HCV AB (14 weeks), Syphilis Rpr & AB (14 weeks), Hep surface antigen (12 weeks, positive antibody). All conclusive at this point?

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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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