Pcr Dna And HIV-1 Antibody Negative

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Indeterminate Antibody Test, Negative PCR DNA

Hi, Dr Frascino,I am hoping against hope that you can give my wife and me some guidance here. Please, we plead with you.As recent as last week, my wife was asked to go for a HIV test for insurance purposes. The results were slightly positive ECLIA,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello, Worried Wife and Husband.Your wife is HIV negative based on the totality of her test results.1. There are a number of potential causes for indeterminate HIV antibody test results. You can read about these in detail in the archives of this... Read more »

Re Hiv Dna Pcr Possitive..confirmed negative (ANOTHER FALSE POSITIVE PCR TEST, 2011)

Hello Dr.BobIts a new day today..I had a second DNA PCR but this time at the research department of... Read more »

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testing pcr dna, rna, antibody

Would a negative pcr dna, negative eia/western blot, and an undetectable pcr rna at 10 weeks, rule... Read more »

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Can Antibody testing, 2 DNA PCR and a P24 be wrong

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I have had the following NEGATIVE tests:

Antibody Tests: 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17 wks
Qual. DNA PCR's: 12(HIV-1, HIV-2), 15(HIV-1 Labcorp) wks
P24 Antigen: 17wks

Had an ARS illness, worst flu of my life almost 3 months ago and still have thrush, vision... Read more »

Accuracy of pcr dna with antibody after 6 weeks - insertive oral

Posted by SDT, 4 Replies

Forum, I have asked this a couple of places but somewhat different answers. I had a happy ending which include a few seconds of oral.

Since I have had fatigue, fever, tingles- 3 weeks
Then loss of appetite at 4 weeks and progressed to muscle aches... Read more »

Negative PCR DNA at 8 weeks

Posted by sunkyst, 2 Replies

I just got the results of a PCR DNA test at 8 weeks and a negative HIV antibody test. Does this mean I don't have HIV or do I need more testing? Read more »

Negative PCR DNA at 4 weeks

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I received the results of my HIV-1 Proviral DNA PCR today and is NEGATIVE! I am trying to convince myself that this is at least 95% conclusive at 28 days as many of the councelling sites say and also a lot of you guys on this board who did a lot of... Read more »

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