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Terminated pregnancy and false postive Mar 29, 2011 Hi Dr Bob, Is there a chance that a terminated pregnancy at 8 weeks 2.5 years prior to testing could cause a false positive? I was reactive on one band initial test but negative western blot outside of testing window... Thank you |
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| Response from Dr. Frascino
 Hi, Yes, pregnancy, past pregnancy and/or terminated pregnancy can result in nonspecific cross-reacting antibodies that could confound HIV-antibody test results. However, I should point out that a reactive initial test (one band or many) with a negative confirmatory Western Blot outside the window period is considered to be a negative HIV test! You can read much more about HIV-diagnostic tests in the archives of this forum. Be well. Dr. Bob | ||||||||
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