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Hiv False Negative Rare
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False negatives, rare strains, etc.Hi Dr Erik,I'm hoping you can help me as I've been troubled for sometime now with the conflict of symptoms and test results I'm having.My story goes that I had drunken and unprotected sex with an african sex worker in Germany almost 6...
Response from Erik Glenn, M.A.
Chicago Black Gay Mens Caucus
Thanks for your question,Sorry to hear that you've been experiencing this level of discomfort for so long.. I'm unclear if you tested through to six months are the unprotected sex.. if you did, then we know you're not even one of...
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False-negative and false-negative tests?I work for an AIDS service organization answering HIV-related health questions. This one has... Read more »False negative HIV test with KS-HIV?I took EIA tests (This is a test for HIV), which were negative, about 18 months after the possible... Read more »
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Is Your HIV Treatment Working? Warning Signs and False AlarmsThe first few months after starting HIV treatment are pivotal in determining whether your first regimen will be successful. Yet if you are brand new to HIV/AIDS treatment, how can you know what success is? It can be hard to tell the difference... Read more »
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center Discontinues Use of OraQuick Oral HIV Test After False-Positive ResultsThe Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center on Thursday announced it is discontinuing use of OraSure Technologies ' oral OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody Test after the center reported 13 false-positive test results in November, the Los Angeles... Read more »
Rare HIV Transmission Changed Transplant PracticeOn Nov. 13, 2007, the media widely published the news that several HIV transmissions had resulted after donated organs were transplanted from a deceased high-risk donor. Though this was the first such transmission in 20 years, it prompted an... Read more »
New York City Resident Diagnosed With Rare Strain of Multi-Drug Resistant HIV That Rapidly Progresses to AIDSNew York City -- A highly resistant strain of rapidly progressive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been diagnosed for the first time in a New York City resident who had not previously undergone antiviral drug treatment, according to the... Read more »
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so ELISA tests NEVER give a false negative?
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Is this statement correct?
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False negative tests...
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
I had an encounter with a woman who's HIV status I haven't been able to find out because a couple of months after our encounter she skipped town and her family say they don't have her phone number! I feel I was probably hustled, but that's another...
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subtypes M N O y vih 3 false negative
Posted by mariana, 2 Replies
HIV subtypes are not detectable by ELISA ... I have read Dr Steve say that the fourth-generation ELISA does not detect p 24 subtypes such as type 1 and MNO fail 40 to 60% detection by giving false negatives HIV2.The latter is another specialist... Read more » 1 in 250 chance of false negative
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
The following is from memory so please feel free to correct me if the following info is wrong The tests that we are taking are 99.9% accurate, false positives accrue more often than false negatives I seem to remember from somewhere that when you... Read more »
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