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3 months is when one can obtain a conclusive test result...REGARDLESS of the testing method.
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thanks but ı want to a question , i know a body first of all do a p24 antijen and than 1 or 3 month later do an antikor. and combo test look antijen and antikor. if i catch hiv virus my body first do a antijen and my test catch it. that is ture  
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What?
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i want to ask , combo test look antigen and antibody. our body come upon to virus , produce a p 24 antigen , 1 or 2 month later antigen is be lost and this time body produce an antibody. my question is if combo test look antigen and antibody why we are waiting 3 month.
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3 months is the time period that is approved for testing.
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it is not answer my question
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"Why we are waiting 3 months"...your exact words.
My answer to your exact words. Testing for antibodies is the only 100% conclusive method for testing and has been approved for a conclusive result at 3 months.
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why understand me i want to learn if my test look antigen and my body never produce why am ı waitting 90 day. becosue ı read antigen produce a antibody . and my brain tell me if my body can not produce antigen , doesnt produce a antibody that is ture
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p24 antigen testing may be used to help diagnose early HIV infection. Levels of p24 antigen increase significantly at about one to three weeks after initial infection. It is during this time frame before HIV antibody is produced when the p24 test is useful in helping to diagnose infection. About 2-8 weeks after exposure, antibodies to HIV are produced and remain detectable in response to the infection, making the HIV antibody test the most useful assay to diagnose an infection.

Key words are "may be".

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