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Sexual Assault and Testing Accuracy

Sexual Assault and Testing Accuracy

Hello,
I would greatly appreciate any help that you can give me.
I was recently sexually assaulted on New Year`s eve. I live in Canada so I am not sure if the information that you would give me would be the same for testing as it is in the U.S.
However, I have been to the doctor and have discussed the testing that I have to go through. I am just wondering how accurate the antibody test would be at 1 month past exposure.
I have always been careful and have routine testing since being sexually active and all have been negative. However, now, I am afraid that despite all my precautions this sexual assault will cause me to become infected anyway.
Please, if there is any help you can offer, that would be great.
Thanks.
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I heard the doctors say the accuracy is 85-90% after 30 days because most people show by then...  I posted a link describing what I'm writing about. However, the most accurate test would be 12 weeks post exposure...

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Accuracy-of-rapid-tests/show/1316320
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I heard the doctors say the accuracy is 85-90% after 30 days because most people show by then...  I posted a link describing what I'm writing about. However, the most accurate test would be 12 weeks post exposure...

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Accuracy-of-rapid-tests/show/1316320
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3 months post exposure is when you can obtain a conclusive test result.
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