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how accurate is my 10 week negative hiv test

I am a man that had unprotected sex with a woman (vaginally) I didnt know her all that well so I decided to test for std,s and hiv. Everything came back negative. The hiv counselor that I spoke with at the clinic said that I dont have anything to worry about, but I started doing some re-search and found that 3 months is the conclusive test. So my question is should I retest in 2 more weeks or am I just being paranoid?
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I must not be asking this right, I know that 3 months is a conclusive test, has anyone tested negative at 10 weeks and then positive 2 weeks later? if so is it like 1 in 100? 1 in a million? Or do all people with hiv test negative at day 89, then on day 90 automatically turn positive? So would a 10 week test be like 90% accurate? do you get what I am trying to ask?
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Not reliable enough to give you a conclusive result. It's gives you an idea how your final test result will come out.
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thanks teak, I am aware of that,

my question was how reliable is a 10 week negative hiv test?
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Yes, 3 months post exposure is when you can obtain a conclusive test result.
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