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If we are infected with an attenuated or mutated virus, can the window period be delayed?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806184/;
In this essay, there are the following paragraph:
"Laboratory assessment of case 1 indicated a change in his HIV-1 antibody reactivity around the time of presentation. Three previous determinations—HIV-1 antibody-, nucleic acid-, and antigen-based assays within nine months before presentation—were all negative. Antibody/antigen and WB tests became partially reactive, and plasma HIV-1 RNA was positive at time of presentation, suggesting HIV-1 primary infection"
I want to know whether the person's antibody, RNA and antigen are all negative in the past 9 months? What is "presentation"?
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There are several papers documented this kind of incidents. As to the seronegative hiv infectors, their disease progressed quickly.