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Im Scared

I feel ive been at a risk as ive had vaginal intercourse with a sex worker in pune,india. She did put a condom on but my penis wasent getting erect, but i still tried for around 15 seconds or so. Im not sure that if the condom broke or not. But i remember her getting pissed off and removing it at the end. After a week i told my close friend about the incident and he advised me to get tested for hiv as CSW in this part of the world are high chanced hiv+.
Gathering courage i got tested 6 weeks after the incident, an immunoassay, immunochromatography and rapid tri-dot test all turned out non-reactive.
Its now been 9 month since without any sexual contact and im scared that the report might have been false. As im living as an expat in the uae, if detected even by mistake, the treatment of hiv+ people is very bad and also may result in deportation of my family irrespective of their hiv status.
I did have swollen lymphnodes on my neck and close to my armpit 3 months after the incident, not very severe and it disapered in 3 days. What are the odd of me being hiv+. Got "common" flu symptoms. Nothing very harsh. Help me.
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Hey Lizzie,
Thank you so much for your response. I just got back from a govt. testing in Dubai and am negative. Im not sure if you know, but being HIV+ in this part of the world is like being in Guantanamo.
Im sure you get this a lot, and im really really happy that people like you exist. Just wanted you to know.

TC and chao
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186166 tn?1385259382
only a test at 3 months post exposure is CONCLUSIVE
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Thanks for your support Lizzie,
One more thing i wanted to know is that how conclusive are 3 different tests that ive mentioned at a 6 week mark ?  
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186166 tn?1385259382
you were never at risk from what you have described.

hiv is transmitted through...
unprotected vaginal/anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child
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