HIV Study - Delayed Seroconversion

[Niceguy82]

Can anyone make sense of this study? Why did the patients in the study seroconvert so late? According to the study the maximum a patient seroconverted was 42+months (3.5 years)! Please leave your comments stating what your interpertation of this study is. Copy and paste this link in your broswer to see the study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2512827&dopt=Abstract

[RainLover71]

Wrong,in Australia it's being considered.Some clinics in Sydney are already using it.Please do not confuse this with US guidelines.

[LIZZIE LOU]

"it wont be long before the 3 month window period is reduced to 6 weeks"

that is misleading.   there is no information out that the window period will be reduced "before long"

[RainLover71]

Read what the doctors in the expert forum have to say about Hiv window periods.You are going back to the dark ages if you continue to mention the whole 22 years ago latent seroconversion cases.It won't be long before the 3 Month window period is reduced to 6 weeks.

[LIZZIE LOU]

would you send your wife to a proctologist to have a baby?  NO...it's not his specialty.

[Niceguy82]

Its a shame that in 2011 (almost 2012) the medical community cannot agree on the diagnostic window period for such a horrible disease. If its 3 months, all Doctors should say 3 months. I've tested out to 6 months and I'm still unsure of my status.

[LIZZIE LOU]

just because someone has a M.D. after their name does not mean they are hiv educated.

you wont hear any hiv specialist, in the modern world, say that you need to test out past 3 months.