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how accurate is a negative elisa test 3 weeks post risky exposure for a woman (unprotected sex) with a hiv positive man? my doctor says its 100% accurate, is this true....
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It's not accurate at all at 3 weeks. Find another doctor. 3 months post exposure is when you can obtain your conclusive test result.
If it was a DUO it would be highly accurate but seeing as though it was just an elisa it's not conclusive at all.
wat test can i take to atleast know my standing for now?.....its 6 weeks mark as of now...
You can take another elisa which at 6 weeks will be around 99% accurate.The chances of a negative at 6 weeks changing at 12 weeks is extremely rare with the newer tests.
Dr Garcia is an HIV specialist,so is sharon lewin and many others at sydneys ST Vincents hospital.Dr Tan is an HIV specialist and the list goes on.
No one says that an ELISA is 99% accurate at 6 weeks. They may say unlikely to change when they obtain their conclusive test result at 3 months. Post a reply from any one where they state that.
I had a friend who I went to college with who was a chronic IV drug user and she tested positive 2 weeks after her exposure with a second generation antibody test back in 89.That was 23 years ago.She was dead in 5 years.
What does that have to do with the question that was asked? There are no articles or studies that give the % that you posted and no doctor has said such.
Sherry, sorry for the hijacking of your thread. As I said your doctor is was incorrect. A conclusive negative test result can be obtained at 3 months post exposure.
YES-- Dr Sean Cummings--'' I would consider your antibody test 99.9999% reliable at 6 weeks''--that was back in 2009 on the freedom health forum.
ave talked to 3 doctors and they keep telling its accurate, am seriously confused!!!!! wat teast can i take for the tym being? atlest to quel the anxiety...
Sherry,I answered your question--''what are the chances of it turning positive later''--virtually zero.
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