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Q: Question (false Positive?)

asked by: httmpr41 on March 4th, 2007

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Hello - I have a close family member who is on medication for hiv and i have been told that he has had a false positive test.... is there such a thing as a false positive test result... please get back to me asap.

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Llewellyn

replied on March 20th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

Yes, there certainly are false positives. They are more common than false negatives.

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