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ARS after 6 days?

Hey all.  I feel like there's a chance that I might have made a huge mistake and given my gf HIV.  Here it is in a nutshell.  My last exposure was a little under 10 weeks ago.  I had protected oral AND vaginal sex with a sex worker.  Stupidly, I didn't ask her HIV status.  Anyway, a couple weeks ago, I took an 8 week Oraquick test.  Results were negative.  Before that, I took a ELISA blood test 6 weeks post expsure and that was negative and a PCR DNA test / ELISA 2 weeks after the exposure and that came back negative too.  Per the doctor's advice, after the 8 week test I put my worries to rest.  However, 6 days ago, I had unprotected sex with a girl that I'm dating.  Last night, she came down with a fever and sore throat.  So now I'm worried that she's experiencing ARS symptoms.  Please advise?  Can ARS show up that soon?
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Doesnt matter what they wrote?? arent they doctors??? how can you say that?? I mean, you're at the same web site saying that docs are wrong about their recommendations...

have you ever saw someone testing poz @ 12 weeks after having a neg @ 8 weeks??
For sure you havent.

So, why always discouraging what doctors say??

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Doesn't matter what they wrote. 3 months is conclusive.
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sorry I meant 8 weeks is 95% accurate....so the doc says
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Generally it's persistent.  You didn't give her HIV because you don't have it.  Look in the Dr's forums for information on testing time accuracy.  
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the doctor on the other site has written a few times for other posts that 6 weeks is a 95% accurate result, not 80.
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Are ARS symptoms persistent or do they come on and off?  My GF's fever subsided for a few days but today it's come back.
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