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Are hepatitis results reliable at 6 weeks?

Let's see, it was months in between any sexual exposure and my test (which was a panel test, testing for A, B & C), except for one minor session of oral sex, which I performed on another male. It lasted no more than 30 seconds with no ejaculation. We had to quit due to certain reasons. Anyway, I can have a bad memory, so I don't remember exactly when this was. But I know it was at least 6 weeks before my test. I read on one of the doctor's threads it takes 3-6 weeks for hepatitis to show on a test, but he also states on other questions about HBV that it isn't exactly his area of expertise. So is (at least) 6 weeks pretty reliable?
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oh and what kind of name is ur nick name ? sorry i had to make a comment.
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yes 6 weeks is pretty reliable.
oral sex isnt of a high risk to get infected with hbv so ur chances are still great of not contracting
run the hbv test and find out for yourself but i would be calm if i were you
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