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[staysafe]

Please for the peace of mind I would be grateful if you advise on the following:

Will an MEIA and ELISA test at 13 weeks detect group N, O and P? or any other groups/strains?

Thank you very much for your continuous help.

[Teak]

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[staysafe]

I beg you please to give me some clarifications if possible. If not I will not ask on the HIV forum anymore, but please try to give some input.

I read on one of your answers the following:
"ELISA testing will diagnose the infection it is when they do the geno typing is when they were running into problems."

Is this still true. I mean if someone is infected an ELISA HIV1/2 test will detect an infection regardless of the group/subtype?

[Teak]

Move on.

[staysafe]

Thank you very much for your input. Yes fortunatly my tests were negative. and no other exposure.

I just wanted to have a confirmation that an MEIA test can also detect all groups and known variants. The MEIA test was at 13 weeks and the ELISA test at 8 weeks

[Jeremiahjohnson]

Elisa tests if they are 1/2 tests which most now are test for all known variants and known subtypes of hiv. Hope this helps. I've read this from off this site, just do some research on previous posts. Hope all is well :) if your tests is negative at 13 weeks then your in the clear if there was no other exposures in those 13 weeks. God bless.