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HIV testing worries

Hello, thank you for taking your time to answer my question.

I had possible STD exposure on February 1st 2015. I took an HIV antibody test on March 3rd, which came back negative. I took Transcription-mediated amplification HIV RNA test April 7th which came back negative. I took a 4th generation HIV RNA test April 14th, which came back negative. Finally, I took another HIV antibody test May 18th, more than 3 months after possible exposure, and that came back negative. Is there still a chance I could have gotten infected? Should I still get retested at the 6 month mark?
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I originally made this post without examining much of this site. I have found some great things on here including this:

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/1704700

This is the last thing I will post on the subject, since I don't want to be one of those people who just go on and on about questioning the window period. So 3 months is generally conclusive?
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Thank you all for the help. It is very much appreciated.
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3 months IS conclusive and in reality an antibody test is conclusive by 8 weeks.
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13358727 tn?1432326927
Yeah sounds fine. Move on to enjoy your life.
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Thank you for helping me to stop freaking out.

Just to correct myself: I meant 4th gen antibody/antigen test.

One more question; I ordered a few of these tests off of stdcheck.com. Are websites like that reputable to use? I got the blood drawn from a labcorp building and FPK Services that owns the site and the site itself are referenced on the cdc get tested website. I'm just making sure.
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13358727 tn?1432326927
You are fine as far as hiv is concerned. Stop worrying.
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3149845 tn?1506627771
Hi, no more testing is needed as you dont have HIV
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