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One week Dna Testing

by nish71in, Jun 11, 2009 07:22PM
hi i had unprotected sex 2 weeks before, but i was do unpationed that i testing for DNA-PCR after exact 1 week it came back negative, the test lab said that i need to reconfirm with after 28 day's .. do my question is do i will be positve after one week DNA negative, if yes then what are the chances and how accurate this 1 week DNA testing is..
please let me know
Member Comments (7)

by Teak, Jun 11, 2009 07:30PM
You wasted your money. PCR-DNA are not approved diagnostic tests.

by nish71in, Jun 12, 2009 04:00PM
To: treak
hi treak, well i made a mistake saying PCR-DNA
acutally it was RNA-Dna
now what are the chances..

by Teak, Jun 12, 2009 04:23PM
Do you mean PCR-RNA? They are not stand alone tests and have to be used in conjunction with an antibody test.

by nish71in, Jun 12, 2009 06:08PM
To: teak
no it was RNA test for DNA which searching for hiv virus within 10 days or so....
its negative what does i mean that i em  negative.

by Teak, Jun 12, 2009 06:10PM
No that is not correct.

by bannu555, Nov 24, 2009 02:31AM
To: teak
hi teak i had done real time taqman dna pcr method after 35 days of exosure it was was -ve result and after 16 weeks also i had done elisa test again it was -ve (0.13) was reading do i need to worry any more or i have to test agin at 6 months mark agin plz repaly me

even teak i had elisa test test to lady also even she was-ve result but my worry  is she might be in window period any my risk is i had gone with condom iwhile i was entring her ***** the condom was broken in starting of her ***** immediatley i took back and started agin with new condom plz repaly me teak waiting  for repaly

by Teak, Nov 24, 2009 03:45AM
PCR-DNA tests are NOT diagnostic tests.
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