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Help/ HIV - Exposicion/Window period/ Brazil

Hi, first I would like to apologize for my bad English. I am a man from Brazil.
On July 8th I had an exposure which consisted of vaginal penetration with an unknown woman (I used a condom) but there was mutual unprotected oral sex, deep cunnilingus and fellatio. (Here in Brazil, doctors say that cunnilingus and fellatio are a risk for HIV). You on the forum say no, what can I trust?
Finally, I took a test that has these words:

Screening immunoassay for HIV 1 and HIV 2 + P24 antibodies and antigens (group M and O) method: Electrochemiluminescence: Non-Reagent. (Done 48 days after exposure)

Which generation is this?

I asked this woman and she also did this same test on the same day I did, with the result: Not Reactive.

Can she be in the window and even negative infect me? How many days do I need to retest? I'm terribly depressed.

I appreciate all the sincere opinions since now.
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Hello, nothing to worry about. The test you have done is a 4th generation test. The device can be Siemens (Germany), Abbot (USA) or Cobas (Switzerland). And believe me it doesn't matter. All of them are 4th generation and excellent devices for catching the disease and these kits are FDA approved. In addition, if one of these tests is negative on the 48th day, it shows that you do not have HIV. And his partner had a negative result. Stop worrying and be more careful. If you wish, repeat the test on the 90th day, but your result will not change.
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THere is nothing to be careful about. He had zero risk so the test was a waste of time.
Thanks for the answers, I think my doubts are due to guilt because this relationship was with a woman who is not my partner. And since then (63 days today) I have not had sex with my partner, we have a 03 year old daughter who still takes breast milk and I am afraid of transmitting HIV to them.
Thank you for clarifying that the test I did is 4th generation, here in Brazil even with this test the best and renowned doctors say to go up to the 90 day mark, I don't really understand why they do this, besides claiming that oral sex is a risk. The renowned doctors of the forum medhelp and the gentlemen friends of the forum say exactly the opposite and this causes a lot of confusion and anxiety not only for me but for most people.

I will try to stay away from the internet and not search for discordant information until the 90th, take the test maybe for wasting time, but for mental discharge.

I know there shouldn't be studies on this, but I took the covid 19 vaccine yesterday, can I get tested in 27 days? Or do I run serious risks of false positives? Is there any debate about this? Since the flu vaccine has been proven to cause false positives?

A hug from your Brazilian friend
You can test any day you want with any kind of test since there is no hiv to test for. You can take a pregnancy test for the next placebo since it will give you a negative but I don't think that will make you less anxious. You don't test twice when you have an annual physical exam so it is hiv fixation to double test.
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You already know there is no risk from your quote about this forum so I have no idea why you are asking about your placebo tests.
Move on because we rely on the opinion of expert doctors and do not pay attention to what posters claim they found from another site or someone told them etc. or we will be arguing all day here.
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