WHAT ABOU PCR DNA CUALITATIVE

[PETERR3]

I have one at 20 days and other at 30 days.

Its sure that im not infected

Tahanks

[longone]

Read and believe Mike-No’s post. You do NOT have HIV infection based on your two PCR tests period. Why knowledgeable people are not giving you more hope based on your test is baffling.  As a past WW I can tell you I have been to a few HIV specialist who only deal with HIV. None of them would tell you anything different than Mike No said. If you are NEG at that time frame on a PCR test you do NOT have HIV infection. If you want to satisfy the BURRACRATES fine, get a 12 week test [which will be NEG] and like magic all of them will say you are ok. Ghezzzzz why some of you can’t understand the mental pain of thinking your infected is astounding. Here is a person with two NEG PCR tests and your telling him they are meaningless!!!!!!!!!

[mike_no]

If your DNA test by PCR was negative, you should know that you were not infected at the first place, you tested at the right time, 28 days after the exposure is good enough to rule out HIV infection by PCR DNA.

PCR tests looks for the VIRAL PROTEINS directly unlike the antibody tests which looks for the immune response to the viral infection.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has rapidly become one of the most widely used techniques in molecular biology and for good reason, it is a rapid and simple means of producing relatively large numbers of copies of DNA molecules from minute quantities of source DNA material even when the source DNA is of relatively poor quality.

Today, the advance ultra sensitive PCR tests looks for as low as 10 copies of DNA/RNA in 1 ml of blood. If we analyze logically, after acquiring HIV the virus multiplies in great numbers every day and after 4 week post exposure, the viral count should be in thousand to millions, if a PCR test with sensitivity of 10 -50 copies of DNA or RNA / ml of blood was undetected, you should be rest assured that you weren't infected at the first place.

Important: For confirmatory reason back up your negative PCR with an antibody test at the 12 th week from the date of your exposure, you should only expect a negative.

You're fine, you've got the best HIV test that money can buy.

Mike

[PETERR3]

WHY YOU CAN SAID IT...PLEASE...

[Ausguy]

You do not have HIV.

[PETERR3]

I repeat..the problems are false positives not false negatives.
Ask please!!

[Teak]

You're not a baby and it's used up to 18 months for an infants born to infected mothers. I don't think we'll find any infants typing out questions on their concerns on this forum.

[Ausguy]

Its used for babies because sometimes babies born to seropositive mothers return postive antibody tests, I think thats it  anyway. Also because it can be used right away. They will also use them on people who have a very high risk confimred exposure sometimes to give an early indication.

That doesnt make it a diagnostic test though. It isn't

(I could be completely wrong)

[PETERR3]

Yes, but......2 negatives have something to sais. And is not  a diagnostic test because the high rate of false positives.

Finaly, YES its a diagnostic test in babys.

???

[Teak]

PCR/DNA test is not diagnostic test.