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hiv infectious

Will someone be infectious after a week of contracting hiv, or is this to early, as hiv aint reproduced :s. And if they are infectious, how infectious.
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186166 tn?1385259382
having unprotected sex with someone who is hiv + does not mean "automatic" infection.
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So its not allways passed on just depends on luck??
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1563685 tn?1310402354
It's like this: If you had unprotected vaginal/anal sex with somebody whose sexual pattern is unknown (I mean outside your marriage/domestic partnership/relationship), you would need to get tested 3 months thereafter, because if she/he had HIV, she had a chance of transmitting that to you.

Any negative result by then will be conclusive.
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1677635 tn?1305285672
Not all unprotected sex will lead to infection. Meaning, even if you had 3 times unprotected sex your girl, that doesn't mean she'll get infected.

Try to repost you question with exact exposure you had.
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To know my status, but that don't make sense. Obviously I'm negative if she was negative after me and after the window period and I had her 3 times unprotected? :s or does that not mean anything or make a difference? :s
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