FOR everyone is worried about WINDOW period.

[qhss81]

Hi!
Everyone can check that from CDC "Update on hiv testing"on:

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/dls/ila/cd/cambodia0704/day1/3-UpdateOnHivTesting.ppt#4

The window period for HIV is just 21-25 days. just and maximum 6 -8weeks as MASS said and DR.HHH and HOOK also.
Thanks.
HOPE that help us even I.

[Xhost]

Yes, agreed with the other posters. This appears to be a presentation of some type on effective strategies for HIV testing. I will confess to being on the fence, still, about the 6/12 week debate that occasionally flares up here. I lean one way or the other depending on the day of the week. Having said that, the slides that I read through in no way suggest to me a shift in official CDC policy, which still says that a conclusive test is at 12 weeks.

[manny1980]

Well, well... how about this guys?

www.aac.org stands for the AIDS Action Comittee of Massachussetts.

I took the time to give them a call @ 800.235.2331 (HIV/AIDS Hotline) and they said a 6 weeks test was conclusive for hiv. They would leave the 3 months test for people with compromised inmune system (recent transplant, undergoing chemotherapy, among others that you'd definetly be aware of).

So hey! The power point wasn't good but at least I got something good out of it and got my mind to rest.

Regards to you all!

[todd860]

You did good job for us!
6weeks is conclusive for our heathy poeple.

[andy75]

bcan someone tell how reliable is HIV antibody testing done after 10 days of exposure of someone who had a "low risk" esposure. My STD tests were also -ve.

[manny1980]

Somewhere around 50%. What was your exposure?

[stelutu]

if 6 weeks is conclusive for healthy people, can an 18 weeks be conclusive for a coinfection with HBV? Since then I could not cure even a flu.......meaning low antibody for everything.....:(