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Delayed seroconversion
Guys,I didn't think I would ever write in to ask a question but I guess its true what they say that life happens!!!!I'm a 28yr old circumcised male from East Africa who had sex in November with an HIV+ lady with a condom,the very thin type(Bareback-Contempo). I checked it after and it hadn't broken whatsoever!!!
In January, I got a high grade fever,rash (I'd never had a rash in my life!!!) and all my blood workup was twisted,low WBC's etc,I have lost 14KG in weight!!
I did 3 antibody tests on 24th Feb,105 days post incident with stat-pak,determine and unigold recombigen and they are all non-reactive. I had unprotected sex in December with my galfrnd,having thought there was no risk in my ealier misadventure and she got a rash aswell,2 weeks after but took an antibody test 9weeks after the rash and it was non-reactive. 1-What on earth is not happening?Could it be that we are both slow-sero-converters? 2-Should I consider the tests conclusive? 3-Why would a condom that hasn't broken get me infected? Am so confused!!!!
In January, I got a high grade fever,rash (I'd never had a rash in my life!!!) and all my blood workup was twisted,low WBC's etc,I have lost 14KG in weight!!
I did 3 antibody tests on 24th Feb,105 days post incident with stat-pak,determine and unigold recombigen and they are all non-reactive. I had unprotected sex in December with my galfrnd,having thought there was no risk in my ealier misadventure and she got a rash aswell,2 weeks after but took an antibody test 9weeks after the rash and it was non-reactive. 1-What on earth is not happening?Could it be that we are both slow-sero-converters? 2-Should I consider the tests conclusive? 3-Why would a condom that hasn't broken get me infected? Am so confused!!!!
I think the most likely explanation is that your tests today were false positives. You are severely overtesting over this incident, and the more times you test the higher probability that you will eventually get a false positive.
josse,i did use a condom albeit the thin one and i did it once,it didn't break which is why am baffled,sooo baffled!
All I can tell you is that if your symptoms in January were seroconversion symptoms, your HIV tests on the the 24th of February would have been positive. If you are truly HIV positive, it was not from the condom-protected sex you had in November, but from another exposure that you have not mentioned yet.
However, you are not HIV positive until you have had a positive result on a Western Blot, and I have a difficult time believing that a Western Blot would not be available to you in Uganda. Surely if you can get a DNA PCR test for HIV 'tomorrow' where you live, you can find a lab that will perform a Western Blot. DNA PCR tests are not routinely used to confirm positive antibody results and are not approved for such use. You need to get the right confirmation test and that is a Western Blot.
However, you are not HIV positive until you have had a positive result on a Western Blot, and I have a difficult time believing that a Western Blot would not be available to you in Uganda. Surely if you can get a DNA PCR test for HIV 'tomorrow' where you live, you can find a lab that will perform a Western Blot. DNA PCR tests are not routinely used to confirm positive antibody results and are not approved for such use. You need to get the right confirmation test and that is a Western Blot.
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