After getting ARS How long it will take to come 4 generation HIV test positive

Dear sir if some one have ARS after 12 days and he/she do test from gum NHS clinic 4 generation after 28 day and get negative result what it mean, is he/she need to do test again or he/she is ok and do not have HIV ? Please reply

[Vance2335]

ARS happens at 2-4 weeks. If one has symptoms then about 1 week after symptoms a test should be positive.

What was your risk?

[ukevening]

Thanks for your reply, I got ARS after 12 day but my test of 4 generation HIV after 28 days is negative, what it ? Is it mean I am safe, Plz reply me, thx

[Teak]

You never had an exposure and you were advised of it in another thread.

[ukevening]

And I did my HIV test from GUM clinic NHS Uk,  and they toled me that is4 generation HIV latest test and it was negative after 28 day.

[Teak]

Move on and that is not what the GUM clinic says.

http://www.bhiva.org/documents/Guidelines/Testing/GlinesHIVTest08.pdf
Post testing
Page 11
The need for a repeat HIV test if still within the window period after a specific exposure should be discussed. Although fourth generation tests shorten the time from exposure to seroconversion a repeat test at three months is still recommended to definitively exclude HIV infection.

[ukevening]

Thanks for your reply, Please tell me is gum clinic do p24 test, I am going again tomorrow for test after 6 weeks, which test I should do , I am too much worried, really appreciate you reply.

[Teak]

Move along you didn't have an exposure and you don't need testing.

[Teak]

No one knows if their symptoms are related to ARS until they are tested and have a confirmed positive result. Then their symptoms can be related to ARS.

[Teak]

He can test negative until his body has created enough antibodies for the test to detect.

[RainLover71]

What about p24 antigen,it is always detectable between 1 to 4 weeks.

[Teak]

P24 cannot give a conclusive positive test result.

[RainLover71]

If p24 antigen is detected then the test is positive and will be confirmed with a WB just like anyother positive HIV test.Didn't you mean to say p24 can't give a conclusive negative result.

[Teak]

Incorrect. If a P24 is positive it is then checked with an antibody test then with a confirmative test.

[Teak]

Move on. You have done nothing today except give out incorrect information.