HIV worry - encounter with unknown female in her menstrual bleeding period

[brainstorm900]

Dear medhelp community,

I have extensively researched what the high risk activities are and I am aware that it is generally known that unprotected anal-vaginal sex and needle sharing are the ones that are listed as risky activities. I am also aware that oral sex is said to be either very low or no-risk. However, my encounter is a little bit more complicated:

I had a body-to-body naked massage from a white girl in NY. She performed oral on me, and there was rubbing involved. Specifically, I never penetrated but rubbed my penis on her vagina. By the end of our session she performed a hand job. These would never have concerned me, up until she told me that she was in her bleeding cycle.

After this encounter, I had the following tests all negative:

19th day: HIV1 DNA-PCR (Labcorp) & HIV1-2 ICMA Antibody (Labcorp)
28th day: HIV1 DNA-PCR (Labcorp) & HIV1-2 ICMA Antibody (Labcorp)
8th week: HIV1-2 ICMA Antibody (Labcorp)
10th week: HIV1-2 ICMA Antibody (Labcorp)
12th week: HIV1-2 ICMA Antibody (Labcorp)
13th week(91 days): HIV1-2 ICMA Antibody (Labcorp)

At week 4 I had a brief cold (no fever, mild sore throat). Between weeks 6 and 11, I had tingling and burning sensations in my right hand and left foot, and I am connecting these to the peripheral neuropathy related to ars or seroconversion. I am still concerned because I am not sure whether or not her being in the bleeding cycle places me in a risky encounter. Because there was quite a bit of rubbing and body-to-body interaction.

Thank you all for your responses beforehand.

[Teak]

You never had an exposure in the situations you've provided.

HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.

HIV is transmitted by;
Unprotected penetrative anal and/or vaginal sex
Sharing works with other IV drug users
Mother to child

[brainstorm900]

Teak,

Thanks for your reply. It is unable to reproduce outside the host, but the virus will not be dysfunctional until the blood dries right? So, if there was blood on her, couldn't it be transferred to my body before it is dried out? and continue reproducing in my body?

And, what are your comments about the tests? do i need further testing?

[Teak]

The virus does not have to be dry to become inactive.

[brainstorm900]

How about the tests? Is ICMA antobody equivalent to ELISA 3rd gen as I read from some pages in the web?

[Teak]

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