Are you wondering when an HIV test will detect antibodies? It depends on the state that you live in and what their protocol is. From the time you become infected to the time you produce antibodies is called the "window period." This can take 3 months to 6 months. It all depends on what testing technology your state department of health uses. If you put yourself at risk anytime during the window period, you will need to be retested at the end of the 3 or 6 months to be sure that you are uninfected. If you have good insurance, or can afford it, some doctors will do what is called a PCR test. That detects the virus itself. Usually they can pick up the virus in 3 to 4 weeks. They tend to be very expensive though. A standard HIV antibody test is usually done for free through your local department of health, AIDS service organizations, family planning clinics and Planned Parenthood. There are also rapid tests available that can give you results in 20 minutes.
I think i read somewhere that the longest time on record, was 6 months but in those cases that would be extremely rare. Usually 3-4 months after exposure to the virus it will definitely show. The antibodies have to build up before it can leave it's dormant state.
The incubation period for HIV can be variable, so the answer is not exact, but from what I have read the incubation can take up to 120 days. When testing for HIV(AIDS) it is important to get a baseline blood sample and at 0 days from the time of the suspected exposure and then at 120 days for comparison. It can take from several weeks, to a few months.
About 1-6 months after contraction. Depends on rate of multiplication. A very very weak strand can take a long time to have enough virus cells to show up on a test, and a very very very strong strand can multiply quickly and be visible on a test within a month
It may take as long as 6 months to be able to be detected.
HIV antibodies can be detected about 30 days after infection.
Three months
"HIV not detected" means the HIV test is negative.
At one time this was the case. However, once testing of blood products began in the mid 1980s, the chances of someone being infected with HIV via blood transfusions is virtually non-existant. Hemophiliacs suffer from a disorder of the blood where blood does not clot properly, if at all. This means that they are more prone to bleeding and require regular treatments involving the use of blood. Before HIV was well understood and before tests were developed, people were receiving blood products that may have been contaminated with the virus, but it was not detected. This is no longer the case
Because your body takes time to develop antibodies. Modern HIV tests (called fourth generation tests) can detect 95% of infections by about four weeks.
The meaning of a not detected HIV test result means that the viral load can not be detected. If this is the first HIV test, you need to retest in 3 months. If you have already have been diagnosed with HIV, continue taking the prescribed medication.
yes by blood work
It means that the person has HIV.
HIV will not survive long outside the body; in most cases if the blood is completely dry, the virus is dead.
The window period with respect to HIV testing is the time of infection, until the time it can be detected during testing (which means antibodies are being produced from the body's immune system).
seven years
Once someone gets it, the virus never leaves but if caught early it can be treated before it get a lot worse.
Because blood is screened and sterilized before transfusions.
It is bad to have anti-HIV and HIV in your blood because it weakens your immune system.