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Herpes and HIV Feb 27, 2002 Dear Dr. Henry, I contracted genital herpes from a girl 15 weeks ago. At 89 days later I was tested for HIV. The test was negative.Is this result a good sign or could herpes infection cause a delay in HIV antibody production.I feel perfectly healthy,just very worried. |
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 Herpes simplex infection does not interfere with the development of HIV antibodies. A negative test at 89 nights days is extremely reassuring that you did not acquire HIV from that encounter. KH | ||||||||
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