Real Question: How Long Does it Take to Test Positive for HIV?

[poetxyz]

See "House of Numbers" and "rethinkingAIDS" for important information before taking a highly suspect and unreliable test. Learn for yourself. Medical professionals should review this important information.

[reisler45]

More lies.........uncle thomasina!!

[Lee7676]

CDC says'it takes 12 days after exposure to HIV,97 % will make anibodies within 3months, 6months is very rare.'my firend had unprotected sex with a woman1month ago,and he took HIV test got negative result,but he still worry about it,so i advise him 'you should take 1 more test after december than you will be free with HIV fear as long as you protect yourself'but he told me lot of people they dont use protection they just do it.

[ricci1007]

Revisiting the dogma is fine but what about the facts about those antibodies?

Why have the "HIV proteins" used for antibody tests (in particular, the Western blot test) remained unchanged for 20 years (1-3), given the enormous "genetic variability/mutation rate" of HIV (4-6)?

Nearly twenty years after the advent of HIV Western blot testing, the major proteins considered to be "HIV proteins" remain as follows: p17/18, p24/25, p31/32, gp41, p53/55, gp120, and gp160 (1,

[canaan1967]

12 days to 60 day? A virus cannot behave this way.

[sheverardez]

@canaan1967 it depends on what test thy use.Combo test (as we call them here in Italy and elsewhere in Europe) detect antibody and antigenes (P24) after 4-6 weeks.A 3 months test is considered conclusive.If you had a high risk exposure (sex with known hiv+ person ecc...) they use PCR test,that detect the virus directly...even after one week.