Likelihood Of Becoming Positive After 11.5 Week Negative

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False negative test likelihood?

Dear Mark,I've been HepC positive for 15 years now, albeit with the unusual genotype 4. I also have HIV coinfection which dates back prior to my HepC infecction. In May of this year I had HepC viral load testing done which showed relatively low...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Seems a bit odd to me as well. You don't indicate what your viral load was prior to going undetectable. If on repeat it is still undetectable, then I guess it is real.... Read more »

likelihood of HIV infection

Dear Dr. Cordova,I had a western Blot test after exactly 12 weeks having unprotected sex with a HIV... Read more »

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What is the "likelihood" of my being infected?

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10 week negative antibody

Posted by Curly, 1 Reply

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negative at 6 weeks, positive at 13 weeks?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I've got another week to go until my 13 week test. My 6 week came back negative. What are the chances that the 13 week could be positive if the 6 was negative? Did any of you test negative at 6 weeks and then positive at 13 weeks?
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Likelihood of contracting HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

7 weeks ago I made the stupid mistake of having unprotected sex with this girl, a one-night stand. I was having [vaginal] intercourse with the girl for maybe 10 minutes at most, when I felt like I was about to ejaculate, so I pulled out (I wasn't... Read more »

chances of a 6 week negative turning positive duo

Posted by anxious66, 4 Replies

Has anyone actually seroconverted after a 6-8 week negative? Or has anyone heard of this happening? i can't trust in my negative 6 week 4th gen duo test result as being conclusive because i still have a few symptoms such as an irritated throat and... Read more »

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