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hiv testing worries?

Hi. i'm waiting for my HIV test to show tomorrow. i'm not worried so much because I had no risk of HIV. it was a lapdance with as far as i know, no risk of HIV transmission. what i'm worried about is a false positive result because 1 month ago I took a hepatitis B vaccine 2nd dose. i'm worried it'll cross react with the ELISA test, as i have read this on several websites.

is it true that hepatitis B can cross react and show positivity? if so what is the percentage of this happening?

thank you so much in advance.
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You said it yourself that you had no risk so why did you test?The HBV vaccine does nothing to affect the result of an HIV test.
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hi. it does make since to me, to reduce my anxiety. people are different and some have anxiety for different reasons which might not be explainable to others. my question is totally different, will hepatitis B vaccine cross react? as i have read on many websites. i'm worried from the false positive result and what it would put me through. thank you :)
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If you had no HIV risk then why would you have a test?Doesn't make sense to me.
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