Dear Doctors,
After (quite stupidly) engaging in unprotected vaginal intercourse with a massage worker two weeks ago, I of course freaked out. I ran to the pharmacy, bought an Oraquick HIV test, and asked her to please do it. She did, curious to know her own status, and it came out negative!
So my question: I've seen some conflicting info online; is there a steep increase in infectivity of the virus during the first few weeks (by as much as 26x)? And can oral home kits detect antibodies earlier than three months? I am concerned that even though her test came out negative, she was potentially even more infectious than if it had come out positive. I just had a 4th gen test performed today (at two weeks), and if that one comes out negative (please God), I will be doing both that one and an antibody test together at four weeks.
Thanks much!