Teak....or anybody !

[Nwo]

I had a condom failure about 3 weeks ago. I didnt notice it at the time till I pulled out. So I must have had 3-4 minutes of unprotected sex. The girl was a prostitute and this is what is scaring me even more. At the 10th day, I had a fever, rash and a sore throat !! so I was even more terrified. The symptoms subsided after 4 days. I tested 1 week after the symptoms subsided (4th generation test, p24+antibody) and the result was negative. Can I assume that since my result was negative, that my symptoms are not ARS? If they were indeed ARS, wouldnt I have tested positive after 1 week? In general, how long after ARS will there be detectable antibodies??

Please reply coz I am very affraid

[Teak]

So your going against the New York Health Departments guidelines?

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/facts/questions/testing.htm

[regularjoey]

Read a thread from GREENMONKEY with an extensive discussion on this subject.
Briefly, the test should turn positive at most 3 weeks after the onset of ARS.
Since you are being tested for p24 as well, that window should be even shorter.
So I think you should expect negative results from now on.
But get another test to be sure, yours was taken way too early.
I recommend at least 6 weeks post-exposure.

[Nwo]

so if a person indeed has ARS, how long after the onset of ARS would he test positive? As far as I understand, ARS is caused by the body launching an offensive on the virus and producing antibodies...am I right?

[Teak]

Just because you think you had ARS, doesn't mean that you had ARS at all. Would your body have detectable antibodies at that time. That can't be answered without having a test done at the proper time.