Will NAAT Find Any Subtype

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Naat test result

Posted by worriedwellback, 1 Reply

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I tested negative with NAAT test which I took 5 week after possible exposure. Do I need another antibody test at 3 month mark? Read more »

from reading of posts i realized that i have also put myself at risk by doing unprotected insertive anal at the bathhouse on the same day that i fingered an ass. i was so scared witless and so focused on the small cut on my finger when i got sick... Read more »

RNA/PCR/NAAT Test

Posted by nomoreworry4me

antibodies to HIV
1 - 3 months
blood, oral, rapid
1 week, 20 minutes for rapid
Looks for....................
Window period...........
Options for testing......
Wait time for results....
RNA/PCR/NAAT Test Antibody Test
There are several ways to test for HIV.
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Does virus change subtypes within body?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know if you are infected with one subtype, say subtype B, can it evolve into another subtype within your body? I guess the question, once subtype B, always subtype B?

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subtypes

Posted by SteveR, 1 Reply

Recently faith123 asked about subtypes, and some others have expressed concerns about infection with obscure subtypes and whether tests could detect them. I found this on AIDSMeds, which may answer some of those questions.
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Window Period for NAAT test

Hello, I had a NAAT test done for HIV and chlamydia, as well as all other STD's, 8 weeks post any possible exposure. I also had an anitbody test done 9 weeks post exposure. I only received unprotected oral sex. I did not cum in the persons...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

The window for HIV NAAT is measured in days. Your are fine. DW... Read more »

HIV NAAT Test & Hepatitis

I just took a negative Hiv test (@ 7 weeks with rapid Elisa) at the AHF clinic here in Los Angeles.They then drew two vials of blood for a NAAT test.Does having chronic Hepatitis B increase the probability of a false positive NAAT test?I will donate...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Having chronic hepatitis B would not increase the probability of false-positive NAAT tests; however, nucleic acid testing in general can lead to some false-positive results. The best HIV-screening test remains an FDA-approved HIV-antibody test... Read more »

Antibody test with NAAT tests, combo

I Posted a question and I dont know what happend to it, here I go again. Approxemettally 5 months ago I had a what if situacion. I can remember if I had sex with a lady I meet at the bar. There is no evedence that anything ever happend but, I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your "so many tests that you can't even remember how many" out to 22 weeks, which included both HIV-antibody tests and NAAT, all of which were negative/undetectable, are definitive, conclusive and excessive. HIV is not your... Read more »

6 doctors, 6 HIV tests, 2 NAATs, What's going on?

Feb 24th I had unprotected vaginal sex with two females. 2-3 weeks later I broke out with a very large blister on my left tricep as well as a sore on my penis head. I had one of the females tested for HIV which turned out negative. I was tested for...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,What's going on??? Well, I suppose I could be asking you exactly the same question! "Unprotected sex with two females" followed by "symptoms" and HIV/STD tests and then, two months later, "unprotected vaginal sex... Read more »

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