HIV Test 2 weeks confirmation

[panther77]

I was talking to my friend in Switzerland now and he informed me that there is a test that can detect HIV antibodies after 16 days of infection ....
he just did it and showed me the results ... and it is confirmed.
the lab where he did it is called medica in zurich

[Teak]

PCR-DNA test is NOT an approved test for diagnosing HIV period.. Go reasearch any FDA approval on any PCR-DNA test and you will see the information I have stated.

[tac603]

Hi, seems like there's been quite a number of debates over these tests, but I've found something hope it could help us understand more.

http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/HIVtests_4717.shtml

[Teak]

Which is not an approved diagnostic test. It's a monitoring test for people that are known to be positive and for those that are on HAART medications.

[tac603]

Called them other day. It's actually a PCR-DNA test. They send it to a lab and results in following week

[Teak]

We discuss approved and regulated HIV tests on this forum.

[tac603]

have a look here. http://www.hiv.sg/

[Parafreak]

Obviously there is. Maybe not in the US yet? I mean, the health authorities in Sweden wouldn't give such poor and ultimately negligent advice would they?

[Teak]

There is no test conclusive that early for a possible recent exposure.

[panther77]

Hi teak ... it seems that they have a new test other than Elisa ...and on the test paper they wrote in german " liegt die letzte Risiko-Infektion weniger als 16 tage zuruck, empfielt sich eine kontrolle in ca.2 wochen." = if the last risk infection is after less than 16 days then it is recommended to test after 2 weeks.

so in general they are giving a result that is negative after 16 days of exposure ... and in the paper they didn't recommend to test after 3 months ...
what he understood from them is that a 16 days result is a 100% conclusive ... and it seems that it is a new type of tests that is more advanced than the old ones ...

now i agree with you that it is better to test at the 3 months to be 100% sure ...

[Teak]

A three month test is conclusive. Doesn't matter what country you are in.