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The probability of HIV infection

Dear Dr,

Here is my friend's situation:

On 2.25, he took ELISA test twice in a hospital, one of the test result shown negetive, the other was chromogenic, so cannot reach the negetive standard.

On 2.27, he went to the other two hospitals for testing. One hospital's test result was one negetive and one positive, but the test method was unknown; the other hospital's test result was not so good.

So he went to the latter hospital for another test on 3.4. On 3.5,the result came out: the DIGFA shown negetive and ELISA was positive.

Could the positive result be a fake positive?

How high the probability of him infecting the HIV ?

Thank you!
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where in the world you are

From China.

what sort of HIV tests has your friend had? - 3rd or 4th generation

The sort of tests are Colloidal gold method and ELISA, 4th generation.

when the episode that has concerned him was

what the episode was

I'm sorry for not understanding the last two questions. What does the 'episode' mean here? Could u please ask in some other way?

By the way, he has nothing high risk behavior or blood injection.

Thanks
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Thanks for the post but..............

I have little relevant information. Please tell me

where in the world you are

what sort of HIV tests has your friend had? - 3rd or 4th generation

when the episode that has concerned him was

what the episode was

thanks, Sean
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