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Q: HIV Testing

asked by: supersd on May 13th, 2009

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Last year I had sex and the condom broke. I got tested immediately after, 3 months after, then 6 months after. They all came back negative. She was a high risk, because she visited thailand and had sexual intercourse there. If I got tested so many times and they all came back negative should I not worry?

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MandMs

replied on May 14th, 2009

Extremely eHealthy

You shouldn't worry at all, since the HIV testing at the 6 months period was negative.
The vast majority of people (99%) have detectable antibodies by three months after HIV infection, and a six-month window is extremely rare with modern antibody testing.

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