6 weeks and subtype e?

[runningscared2]

Got my six week test results back and they are so far negative. Is anyone here knowledgeable about subtype E and the window period? I heard it can take a little longer to seroconvert than subtype B ?

In this case I guess my six week mark is rather meaningless.

I spoke to my local Doctor and he seemed unconvinced by this, perhaps when I go for my 12week test I will talk to the clinic a little more.

Any help would be appreciated, I'm sure you guys know how tough this all is.

Cheers

[Teak]

Are you from Central Africa or from Thailand?

[Lumbosacral]

where did you read that?

[runningscared2]

No but my exposure was in Thailand.

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14160635

I did remember reading something similar on the body.com, but I also really don't now what to make of the data on the website above. Can anyone translate into layman terms for me?

[o_g]

yep..i posted a Dr.'s response from thebody a while ago in 1 of the threads in which he agreed that antibody detection timeline may be subtype dependent and usually subtype B antibody formation is faster. But, the doc agreed to the fact that 12 weeks is enough for enough antibodies to be created (irrespective of subtype) to be detected by a standard ELISA.

There is just too much information about the specifics to make people go crazy. Answers from experts are vague and and ambiguous which don't help either.

[o_g]

http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SideEffects/Archive/Testing/Q163730.html