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Has anyone tested positive after being tested negative?

Greetings,

I figured I would sign up since I've been reading these forums.

I had sex with a man who later I found out tested HIV + (allegedly). He's notorious for being vindictive and to lie. Anyways enough about that idiot. It's been 7 weeks and 2 days (51 days) since I had sex with that man (I was the top) and I got an OraQuick Advance test done at a local clinic and it came back negative.

My question is this...

Has anyone seen or read someone testing positive after 6-7 weeks from initial result of negative? I will obviously be getting tested again April 20th for the (3 month) marker. But I haven't found any information online of people testing positive after a 6-week test of being negative?

My health? Play sports and physically fit...

Any information would be very appreciated.
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Interesting help12358,

I'll have to look it up. Basically my gist of the question was regarding around the "health" of the individual verse testing positive vs negative time frames.

Thanks for your insight.
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I suggest you go to the expert section and ask one the the doctors,  HHH or EWH.  It will cost you.  If you don't want to pay, they did respond to me around a similar timing question so you can look up one of my archives, but I found the whole experience to have value so that is why I am suggesting that you ask them.  Short of that Teak's pragmatism is what you will pretty much get and based on my anxiety, regardless of the the time frame for being conclusive, I was not willing to stop there.  I would check with the doctors with what you are looking for.  
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Obviously the reason was the state of health the individual is in. If a healthy person with a good immune system tested negative after 8 weeks, the chances of being positive is extremely low, due to the immune system already attacking the virus with antiboides. With an unhealthy person, their immune system is weaker which would take a longer time to attack the virus. The 3 month rule is apparent because it covers the "whole range" of people. I'm trying to gather information about healthy people with good immune systems rate of testing results.

It would be prudent to add more additional information then a standard yes or no. Looking for a different look at the subject matter regarding persons health status when they "assumed" they attracted the virus.

Care to be more elaborate in your answer or is 3 months the only rule that applies?
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Yes, why else would you need to take a 3 month test to be conclusive?
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That's not what my question curtailed. I was wondering if anyone has tested positive after 7 weeks of testing negative? I know about the 3 month rule, I was curious if anyone read or know of anyone who tested positive after 7 weeks of being negative from last point of contact.
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3 months is when you can obtain a conclusive negative result.
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