Could I please have your opinion on my test result ?

[danibelg]

Hello,
I am a 39 hetrosexual male.
I had an HIV test 6 weeks after having unprotected vaginal sex with a woman.
My test was negative!!! Can I be 100% reassured? Normally, how long does it take for the anibodies to be detected? Thank you in advance for your responce.
Danibelg

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

Feed to meat ratio, fish can not be beat.....  HANDS DOWN

Funny thing is, I don't even like to eat fish.

Really what I am in to is crustacean aquaculture. Crawfish to be exact.

So I guess then you would be considered an "expert" in your field. Like, you have a dAgee or somt'n like tat.

Ahh such is life.

take care, the hobby is calling me.

[regularjoey]

Oh yes, that is what I get paid for.  I wouldn't be saying that I've been studying HIV if all I did was browse the internet for 10 years!  No, it's a full-time hobby for me.

I don't even know what aquaculture is.  I didn't know fish had any culture!

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

Sorry, not clear.

I was wondering if the study of HIV was related to you occupation. I can't imagine studdying HIV for a hobby activity.

But hey, if folks knew my hobby, they would think that is a pretty weird one too..

Aquaculture if you want to know.

[regularjoey]

Is what why?  Sorry, I don't get it.

I was always fascinated with viruses in general, especially HIV.  There are so many secrets still, we are just scratching the surface...

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

So is this why u studied HIV for the last 10 yrs, as u stated?

I mean for me I had a crash course like probably like most people here, learning in panic mode of not in hystirical mode.

[regularjoey]

I try not to insult people here, unless they are really being stubborn and wacko.  I definitely did not insult Serge!  He said he was from another country, he did not understand what I said, so I guessed that it was a language barrier.  And as I said, I am not a native English-speaker either, so according to you, I insulted myself too...

As per your question - as I said numerous times, including this thread, everybody should get a routine HIV test.  HIV is not a disease to guess about or to play the odds with.  BUT - testing after specific individual exposures is IMPRACTICAL, unless they are of the highest risk type.  It is much more practical to test once a year.  This way we wouldn't have these endless discussions of anxiety, window periods, false positives etc etc.  I don't object to people getting tested because they are nervous and anxious - I just don't recommend it.

As far as what my interests are - I'm primarily interested in HIV cell entry.  It's a broad subject, encompassing pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, transmission, immune response, vaccines etc. etc.  I feel comfortable talking about any of the above subjects, because I know them all pretty well.