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    Dec 6, 2010, 03:33 AM
    What is the window period in HIV?
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    Dec 6, 2010, 03:55 AM

    To avoid a false negative, an antibody test should be given 3 months after exposure.
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    Dec 9, 2010, 09:51 PM
    I had been advised to be tested as soon as 6 weeks after possible exposure.
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    Dec 9, 2010, 09:59 PM

    I heard 6 to 8 weeks.

    The reason I know this, is because a friend of mine was doing a construction job and another guy was using a machine that cut off his hand, so my friend held him while EMTs were on there way. The guys blood got into a cut that my friend had. So he contacted a Doctor, in which he had told him to get tested 6 to 8 weeks.

    Were you exposed to someone else's blood?

    I wish you luck.
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    Dec 10, 2010, 05:27 AM

    Yes, both correct in essence but you can be tested and receive a false negative(note what I am saying here a FALSE NEGATIVE). You can be tested as many times you want, but you should be tested 3 months after to receive a positive reading.

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    Dec 10, 2010, 05:48 AM

    Depends on which test is used, the ELISA or the Western Blot.
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