Weakly Reactive duo test

[Xavier69]

Please can you help me - a result has come back weakly reactive.

What does this mean exactly? Previous tests have been sent to confirmation lab and come back negative, though the result paper doesn't state why they were sending it to the reference lab. The clinic did say that my previous two tests were equivocal and also that this new one was, but on the paper it says weakly reactive. Is weakly reactive and equivocal the same thing?

This test they say is 'identical' to a test a couple of months ago and so they aren't sending it for retesting.

[Xavier69]

I have just tested again. What if that too comes back as weakly positive? Surely after several months it would be due to something other than hiv by then, if two confirmatory tests have already rules out infection? Why would they not have tested the last test again if it was weakly reactive? Surely they just cant leave it unless they were sure it was ok - they said the results of that test were identical to the previous one.

[Teak]

You need the conclusive test result.

[Xavier69]

Ah ok. So, I think that as two of my tests were sent to reference lab and came back negative (three different 4th gen elisa tests were done there) that my results are possibly caused by something that is maybe not hiv.

My last test came back as weakly reactive but they said there was no need to send it for more testing as it came back with the same result of the test two months before.

[Teak]

They are call indeterminate. Yes they are common. It means you are neither positive or negative and will have to retest.

[Xavier69]

Does anyone know if persistent weakly reactive results are common? Mine have been going on for several months now.

[Xavier69]

I don't believe that a rapid test was done. I gave a sample from my vein.