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Are Labcorps HIV-1 RNA Qualitative and HIV-1/O/2 Abs-ICMA tests accurate after 19 months post possible exposure? And is the RNA test a good stand-alone test or just a confirmatory "positive" test? Thank you.
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12563078 tn?1427508556
So what, If I am trying to be funny?? You need to see a Dr. for your issues and call the place where you got tested for answering your questions if you do not want to accept the advice you have obtained here.
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Thank you. I worry because the doctor or lab mid-handled the 1draw of blood and had to have it drawn a 2nd time.
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12563078 tn?1427508556
Their is no chance that both of these tests were wrong.
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No
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There is no chance that tests could be wrong is there?
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Thanks! And being that the testing was done after being possibly exposed by someone who has been diagnosed with Aids since 1997, there is no way that the virus could have been missed in the tests right?
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A simple antibody test of any generation is conclusive after 19 months of the exposure,,, No need for any other test if it comes negative
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