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are 158 days suffucient to exclude Hepatitis?
I kept doing HCV antibodies test after sharing a needle in a beauty center.I was not bleeding and saw no signs of blood on the needle. All the test were negative and the last one was 158 days after the possible exposure. Were these enough to exclude Hepatitis C?
i cant really comment and answer your question right now,but its nice to hear that someone shares a related subject with me.you see i also use needles and i wonder how long iam going to live even after the treatment ive had?
When a person is infected with HCV, the immune system produces antibodies against the virus. It usually takes the immune system a few weeks to develop enough antibodies to be detected by an antibody test. A person who has been recently infected with HCV may be in the window period – the time it takes between initial infection and the development of antibodies. The average time it takes for people to develop HCV antibodies is 2 months, but can take as long as 6 months; however, this is uncommon.
In people with a compromised immune system (organ transplant recipients and those who are HIV-positive) the body might not be able to develop enough antibodies to be detected by a test. Studies have found that anywhere between 8 and 10% of people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C do not develop HCV antibodies. For this reason, it is recommended that persons with HIV who have a known risk factor for HCV, but who test antibody negative, get tested for HCV RNA (viral load test).
The most common type of HCV antibody test is the enzyme immunoassay (EIA and Elisa) – (manufacturers–Abbott, Bio-Rad, Innogenetics, Ortho). In populations with a high risk for acquiring HCV, the accuracy of these tests is up to about 99%. The HCV antibody tests are very sensitive so rarely will they be false-negative unless the person is in the window period.
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/antibody_test.pdf
In people with a compromised immune system (organ transplant recipients and those who are HIV-positive) the body might not be able to develop enough antibodies to be detected by a test. Studies have found that anywhere between 8 and 10% of people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C do not develop HCV antibodies. For this reason, it is recommended that persons with HIV who have a known risk factor for HCV, but who test antibody negative, get tested for HCV RNA (viral load test).
The most common type of HCV antibody test is the enzyme immunoassay (EIA and Elisa) – (manufacturers–Abbott, Bio-Rad, Innogenetics, Ortho). In populations with a high risk for acquiring HCV, the accuracy of these tests is up to about 99%. The HCV antibody tests are very sensitive so rarely will they be false-negative unless the person is in the window period.
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/antibody_test.pdf
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