Your ELISA test should be accurate, but you can get another at 6 months to be sure. It takes 4-6 weeks for mono antibodies to incubate and develop, so you could be infected, but still test negative since it won't show on a test until 4-6 weeks after exposure.
I am sorry but i didnt understand you last response. the elisa is rarely negative and usually if done right ater and injection....
1. what exactly does that mean.
2. will two doses of 4mg each a week apart cause immunosupression and stop the production of hiv antibodies.
3. my last elisa test was seven weeks after my last decadron shot. should my results be accurate.
4. i had been diagonse with mono but my monospot was negative for those antibodies. the way we found out is because my recent infection antibodies were positive- could the monospot be negative because of the decadron suppression
can you please answer these three questions.
The duration of action of Decadron injection is up to 3 weeks. If your test was taken 3 months after the last injection, then the result should be accurate. The ELISA test rarely gives a false negative, and usually if done right after getting an injection of an immunosuppressant such as Decadron.
HIV antibodies develop 3-6 months after exposure, though usually within the first month.
If you're still uneasy, get another test in 3 months.