Clearing the virus means you were exposed and your body fought it off without treatment which happens in 15-40% of cases depending on which studies you read. That is why everyone with a positive antibody needs to confirm it with a pcr/viral load test. As I told you, you have a very low result and it is likely it is a false positive. Get the viral load test and put this to rest.
From all Ive read here, most people get indeterminates on the Western Blot, not the Elisa. Weird? Anyway, his Western Blot was negative, as was his viral load test. Based on his symptoms...fatigue lasting approx 4 weeks, and his location, his drs have decided to treat him for Lyme disease, and do more testing...something about trying to find the exact strand of HIV(if he is pos). His drs say that he is 99% HIV negative, but I need to be 100% sure to continue.
The PCR can give false positives, costs a lot, sometimes gives false negatives and is not easy to perform. You can have an undetectable viral load and test "negative" but still have the virus. This said, an antibody test is much more reliable overall because if you have antibodies they will show...hope this helps.
That 97% is the CDC extreamly ultra conservative approach since in some places they are still using 1st generation test, and the CDC is mixing their 80s results with today results to come up with that porcentage, the real accurateness of a test at 3 months is 99,5% accurate. dont believe that 97% CDC ********, here is a good explanation of that from Dr. McGowagan
HIV antibody tests (ELISA) will usually be reactive (positive) by 3 months after exposure to the virus (in 99.5% of cases).
i feared so much i will get any problem,i took elisa test on 80 th day from the date of exposure it was negative, i took 88 thday pcrviral load test it was negative, then i took 91th day elisa test it was negative, then i took 100day western blot test it was negative,so wat i should do i feared so much daily i do know wat i want to do,i went to APOLLOHOSPITAL he is a virologist he is special for HIV wat he said u took so many test it was negative he said u took pcr viral load test that is also n
Tested HIV - on 11/30 thru Lab Corp with viral load and elisa test 6 weeks post exposure. Are these results conclusive. Also, in 10/12 I developed small fiber neuropathy in hands, feet, and even face and torso. I keep reading about small fiber neuropathy and HIV and am very anxious that my test results were completed before the window. with only oral sex, (heterosexual) although possible biting of labia, I am at risk?
The ELISA test is very sensitive and picks up approximately 95% of people who have antibodies as positive. However, it's so sensitive that sometimes it over-identifies antibodies in your blood as geared towards hepatitis C even sometimes when they're not. This degree of sensitivity has its advantages. For instance, when the ELISA test is negative, you can feel very confident that you are hepatitis C free.
I was recently screened for HIV and was found reactive for p24 and indeterminate on my western blot. I also had three viral load tests done- HIV-1 RNA, QN, RT-PRC, and they all came back negative. What are my chances that I am HIV positive? The last unprotected sex I had was a little over a month ago.
I wanted to say that so far you just know that you have been exposed to HCV. You need to have a quantitative test to check for viral load and geno type. You could have been exposed to it and your body was able to fight it off.
I hope that is what happened for you. If you find out you do have a viral load then you would want to find a good hepatologist to take care of you.
3 months after exposure i had a positive elisa and an indeterminate western blot showing 1 band of p24 as equivocal. test result said could be in process of seroconversion. I also had a viral load test which was negative. am I at risk? My physician told me no risk because if i was in early stage of hiv or seroconverting my viral load will be detectable.
Help.
just one thing, i read an article that say if you have low cd4 and very high viral load then the tests may miss the infection and give false negative results (like people with advanced hiv) then viral load test is needed or a WB. and is there a viral load test for hiv 2 like how those people may know the progression of the disease?
hi sir/mam i had sexsual exposure with sex worker and the condom broke for 1 or 2 seconds then i changed then after i did pcr proviral dna pcr test the result was non reactive then after 6 weeks rapid test for hiv1/2 the result was negative then after 3 months elisa result was non reactive then after 5 months the result was negative then after 6 months 4th generation elisa test the result was also non reactive then after 8 months rapid test as well as rna pcr viral load test for hiv 1 the resul
Your antibody test, the ELISA test, will always remain positive because you will always have the antibodies (but not the virus) in your bloodstream even after you have attained Sustained Viral Response (cure).
This is a normal response to being exposed to the disease. If we get vaccinations against diseases, we then carry antibodies to the diseases but we do not have the diseases.
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