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Hiv RNA qualitative
I'm a healthy male and had vaginal sex without protection, the encounter was around 35 days ago, 2 days after the encounter I get fever like a cold symptoms for 3 days , I get better and a few days ago I get fever again ,nausea for 1 day and fever for 3 days around 98.2 and 99.0 ,I get freak out and go to lab corps and take a cbc ,all std panel and hiv RNA test ,today I receive the results with all negative and the hiv 1 says non reactive non detected, I need to now if this is conclusive or I need another antibodies test. thank's
This discussion is related to HIV-1 RNA test at Labcorp.
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As you were told on the community forum, there was no significant risk of HIV from the exposure you mention. Oral to penile transmission of HIV is rare if it occurs at all. Cuts in the mouth or elsewhere on the body make no difference. Without sex involving a penis entering another person's vagina or rectum, HIV testing really isn't necessary or recommended.
That said, a negative HIV RNA PCR at 15 days is nearly 100% reliable in proving you didn't catch HIV. If you want officially reliable negative results, you should also have an HIV antibody test at 4 weeks. The combination of those negative results will be conclusive.
a) I assume the test is FDA approved, or a reliable and respected outfit like Labcorp wouldn't offer it.
b,e) The test alone is probably around 99% reliable. I disagree "a risk is a risk". As noted above, I would not have recommended testing at all, and certainly not an expensive test like the one you had. You still need the antibody test at 1 month, so you haven't saved any time to a definitive result.
c) HIV-2 is too rare in the US to be a significant worry. In any case, the standard antibody tests detect HIV-2 infections, so you'll have that covered if you have that test at 4+ weeks.
d) They are the same test. Qualitative just looks for presence or absence of RNA. If positive, the quantitative test (as the name suggests) tells how high or low the virusl level is.
So all is well -- no worries. If you decide to follow through with an antibody test, you can definitely expect a negative result.
As you were told on the community forum, there was no significant risk of HIV from the exposure you mention. Oral to penile transmission of HIV is rare if it occurs at all. Cuts in the mouth or elsewhere on the body make no difference. Without sex involving a penis entering another person's vagina or rectum, HIV testing really isn't necessary or recommended.
That said, a negative HIV RNA PCR at 15 days is nearly 100% reliable in proving you didn't catch HIV. If you want officially reliable negative results, you should also have an HIV antibody test at 4 weeks. The combination of those negative results will be conclusive.
a) I assume the test is FDA approved, or a reliable and respected outfit like Labcorp wouldn't offer it.
b,e) The test alone is probably around 99% reliable. I disagree "a risk is a risk". As noted above, I would not have recommended testing at all, and certainly not an expensive test like the one you had. You still need the antibody test at 1 month, so you haven't saved any time to a definitive result.
c) HIV-2 is too rare in the US to be a significant worry. In any case, the standard antibody tests detect HIV-2 infections, so you'll have that covered if you have that test at 4+ weeks.
d) They are the same test. Qualitative just looks for presence or absence of RNA. If positive, the quantitative test (as the name suggests) tells how high or low the virusl level is.
So all is well -- no worries. If you decide to follow through with an antibody test, you can definitely expect a negative result.
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