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Should I Be Concerned About Having Contracted HIV Despite A Negative In The HIV Antibody Test?

Hi sir, thanks for your reply in advance. I am a married man and regret my sin.
on day 30/october 2013 i had a fast sex with a sex worker. i used condom, and she made oral to my p*** then wore a condom again.
after few days of going back home, i made unprotected sex with my wife.
after 47 days of my sin ( i mean 47 days from 30/october 2013 ) i made a hiv ab ( antibody test ) it was negative.
and my wife made few days earlier than me. she was negative too.
i would like to know please. if that was enough for us to get worried or...
thanks
Fri, 10 Jan 2014
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Hi,

I have gone through your query.
First of all there is very less or no chance of you contracting HIV in your case. HIV is not found in saliva.
For your information, Test for HIV you performed was ELISA (for HIV-1 antibody detection) and it can give false positive results during window period which may extend to 3-6 months after exposure.
More accurate and specific test are western blot and immunofluorescence assay (IFA).
You can have these confirmatory test also.


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Should I Be Concerned About Having Contracted HIV Despite A Negative In The HIV Antibody Test?

Hi, I have gone through your query. First of all there is very less or no chance of you contracting HIV in your case. HIV is not found in saliva. For your information, Test for HIV you performed was ELISA (for HIV-1 antibody detection) and it can give false positive results during window period which may extend to 3-6 months after exposure. More accurate and specific test are western blot and immunofluorescence assay (IFA). You can have these confirmatory test also. Do consider a positive feedback as a credit to my work. Let me know if you have any further questions.