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Test Turnaround Time
My partner is pregnant and recently had a HIV Test. The test was 3.5 weeks ago, we still don't have the results.
Can anyone please tell the normal turnaround time?
Does the turnaround time increase when it is positive due to confirmatory tests etc.?
I had unprotected vaginal sex with a Thai prostitute before i met my partner (around 3.5 years ago).
Nervous as hell & guilt like you wouldn't believe for not testing myself earlier.
Also, I would appreciate any comment on the interpretation i have put on these numbers from a Wikipedia article:
- the risk of female-to-male transmission is 0.04% per act and male-to-female transmission is 0.08% per act.
- these rates are 4 to 10 times higher in low-income countries
- circumcision has shown to provide reductions in female-to-male sexual HIV transmission of 60%, 53%, and 51%
My questions:
- 0.04%, is this the rate of contraction by having sex with someone known to have HIV?
* i assume it is, how they come up with this is beyond me....
- my exposure was thailand, therefore i will take the higher multiplier of 10 times the risk i.e. 0.4%
- i'm circumcised, though the tests quoted seemed to be on the small and vague side - if i assume a 25% reduction, I'm looking at 0.3%
- if i then estimate the number of thai prostitutes infected (this will need to be on the high side as i obviously found one that didn't insist on a condom) - say 30%
My risk = approx 0.1%
I know any risk is still a risk, believe me I am going crazy with guilt / anxiety.But would anyone agree with my assesment.
Can anyone please tell the normal turnaround time?
Does the turnaround time increase when it is positive due to confirmatory tests etc.?
I had unprotected vaginal sex with a Thai prostitute before i met my partner (around 3.5 years ago).
Nervous as hell & guilt like you wouldn't believe for not testing myself earlier.
Also, I would appreciate any comment on the interpretation i have put on these numbers from a Wikipedia article:
- the risk of female-to-male transmission is 0.04% per act and male-to-female transmission is 0.08% per act.
- these rates are 4 to 10 times higher in low-income countries
- circumcision has shown to provide reductions in female-to-male sexual HIV transmission of 60%, 53%, and 51%
My questions:
- 0.04%, is this the rate of contraction by having sex with someone known to have HIV?
* i assume it is, how they come up with this is beyond me....
- my exposure was thailand, therefore i will take the higher multiplier of 10 times the risk i.e. 0.4%
- i'm circumcised, though the tests quoted seemed to be on the small and vague side - if i assume a 25% reduction, I'm looking at 0.3%
- if i then estimate the number of thai prostitutes infected (this will need to be on the high side as i obviously found one that didn't insist on a condom) - say 30%
My risk = approx 0.1%
I know any risk is still a risk, believe me I am going crazy with guilt / anxiety.But would anyone agree with my assesment.
Read the opening thread.
Normal turnaround time is one day (ELISA). Make a phone call to the lab. It does not make any difference if it is positive or negative.
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