Dr, you had posted a response that in your experience, you had not seen someone who was actually HIV positive 6 weeks post HIV infection, but would not be positive in either an Elyssa test, viral load (PCR RNA)testing to 400 copies or both by that point in time, post infection. I read of a case where an individual was Elyssa neg for antibodies, but some other substance in the blood (I want to say the substance was a combination of letter(s) and a number) had surpressed the viral load below detectable levels. This person was later found to be HIV positive. Does this sound to be a likely scenario to actually be positive, and have both these tests show neg after 6 weeks? What scared me is I had both tests at 6 weeks 4 days and both were negative also. 2 questions 1> Is the first scenario likely 2> Should I consider myself one of the worried wells and move on with life. I do have arthritic feelings and am following up with my Doc regarding reactive arthritis for non-HIV related causes. Thnaks for your insight.

Where is the case published?