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HIV Study - Delayed Seroconversion

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
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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.
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"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"
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Wrong,in Australia it's being considered.Some clinics in Sydney are already using it.Please do not confuse this with US guidelines.
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186166 tn?1385259382
this forum is U.S. based and we follow the guidelines accordingly.  
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Guys think of it this way: the human body will not seronconvert differently nowadays than in the nineties. It is the same body so yes the study still applies nowadays and the tests are not accurate. Listen to the documentary 'numbers' about hiv and you will learn about it from experts also. I still cannot believe that i am not hiv+ within me having aids symptoms. Last test done at 6+ months mark.
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I know it is.Not suggesting otherwise.Just saying what Sydney clinics are advising for any Australians that maybe using this forum.
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