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western blot to teak
after my partner tested positive for hiv , i tested nearly at the 4 months mark by western blot , which searched for antibodies for gp120,gp160, gp41,p24,p17,p66,p51,p31,p55 and hiv 2 specific band, the result was neagtive and hiv 2 not indicated. does this test covers all subtypes and groups of hiv or do i have to under go separate tests, and i have not done any elisa test so do i have to take an elisa or the test westernblot is enough, i have also taken an dna qualitative pcr which was negative, and one more thing i would like to add is that they have tested my sample 6 days after they had drawn nlood sample of me , could that might have affected my results please give me some adivice as since my partner have tested positive i am i a panic state of mind.
I SHOULD TEST AGAIN OR I CAN FORGET ABOUT THE WHOLE HIV THING WHICH ONE SHOULD I DO CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THAT AS I HAVE COME TO U FOR AN ADVICE ,
every doc says that a positive elisa after 3 months of exposure followed by an negative westernblot is a negative result, i have a negative western blot after 4 months of exposure and you are asking me to test again with an elisa i suppose are you saying that my negative westernblot might be false negative after 4 months of exposure
do i need an separate test even after a negative confirmative test , i am sorry but i dont see the point
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