Chances HIV Test Could Have Been Wrong

Here's a taste of what TheBody.com has to offer on this topic:

Ask the Experts

update test to "can a specialist be wrong" post (FALSE POSITIVE HIV TESTS, 2011)

Dr. Bob, I'm not sure what to say or how to react - the Orasure test results were HIV-Negative! I wonder if it's safe to assume this is a very reliable test or do you think it's still worth going any further with "Elisa/WB"...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,I would consider your negative OraSure test definitive. However, if you are at all uncertain, go ahead and confirm it with an ELISA. The result will undoubtedly be negative.WOO-de-frickin-HOO! You are HIV negative! I know about 35,000,000 folks... Read more »

Infected after 'protected' hand-job & boob-job. I challenge you dr.bob, testing after window period will prove you are wrong!(YET ANOTHER IM POSITIVE IM POSITIVE WHO HASNT TESTED POSITIVE, 2010)

Hi Dr.Bob;Hope you are well. Thank you for your contiued help and support and thank you for your... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

waiting for 3 month test (and need a chance to send my second donation after getting negative result)

Hi DoctorOn 3rd Sept,after getting the answer of my first question, i wrote you under heading... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Go to Ask the Experts »

Articles

How Accurate Are Rapid HIV Tests? Study Finds Blood Tests Slightly More Accurate Than Oral Tests

Rapid HIV tests perform slightly worse when testing oral samples in comparison to blood, according to a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Jan. 24. Researchers from Canada, led by Nitika Pant Pai, M.D., of McGill... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

South Africa: Firing Over HIV Drugs Ruled Wrongful

A judge in South Africa has found in favor of a doctor who was sacked by a provincial health department seven years ago. In 2001, Dr. Malcolm Naude was fired from the Mpumalanga Province Health Department for violating its prohibition against... Read more »

Swazi King's Use of Ceremony to Choose Wives Sends Wrong Message About Country's HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Critics Say

A record 50,000 young Swazi women on Friday participated in the annual "Reed Dance," a traditional ceremony performed before Swaziland's leader King Mswati III that has come to be seen as an "audition" to become the king's next wife, Reuters ... Read more »

Making HIV Testing Routine in the Heart of Harlem: Creating Unique Partnerships to Promote HIV Prevention and Testing

Listen to Audio (10 min.) Download Audio This podcast is a part of the series HIV Frontlines . To subscribe to this series, click here . Vanessa Austin My name is Vanessa Austin and I work at Harlem Hospital Center in New York... Read more »

Connect With Others

Chances of 40 day negative test turning positive

Posted by Athlete23, 1 Reply

Hi , I took an HIV test after 40 days of exposure I tested negative which I believe is 3rd generation ELISA from Quest Diagnostics. Now I did have protected sex vaginal and anal but when I was having vaginal sex I became soft and had some precum in... Read more »

what are the chances my test was right?

Posted by torn_apart, 2 Replies

i was raped twice on september 19th. the guy told me he had full blown aids and now i have hiv... over and over.... but he choked me unconcious and i didn't remember this until like two weeks ago... i got tested 60 days later (so did my boyfriend)... Read more »

What are my chances ?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am writing this post because I am really afraid.
I tested neg at 11.5 weeks after a low (?) risk encounter (protected sex with a prostitute) and thought that it was enough to consider that I was out of this nightmare. Unfortunately, since one... Read more »

Chance of testing positive

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello,

I tested negative after 10 1/2 weeks, what are the chances I will test positive when I go back next week? I am a female and my exposure was brief vaginal insertion at the very beginning of sex, then a condom was put on which broke during the... Read more »

Connect on Our Bulletin Boards »

Tools

My Health Tracker

Assess Your Risk for HIV

Find Local HIV/AIDS Services

Resource Centers

Guides for People With HIV

View All of Our Guides >>