Dear Dr. Jose Gonzalez-Garcia, MD, MRCGP, PhD ,it is my great honor to ask you question here.I had a combo test with 4th generation Abbott reagent (contains antigen test and antibody test) yesterday after 35 days after exposure.My questions are as follows:
1.Is my test conclusive?
2.I know that hiv combo test contains antigen test and antibody test, and antibody test contains hiv1 hiv2 and other subtypes.Does antigen test in combo test also can test hiv1 hiv2 and other subtypes(before antibody appears)?
3.Some say that antigen test in combo test is p24 test, it can only test hiv1, is it right?