Confused about conclusive ….

[shaunw84]

I'm very confused about conclusive.  I took a test at 9.5 almost 10 weeks from my last exposure.
I didn't know him very well.  We didn't use a condom.  We slept together quite a number of times.  

At about 2 or 3 weeks I had a regular blood drawn and it was negative.    Then 9.5 - 10 weeks later, I
took a uni-gold HIV-1/2 recom test at the clinic.  It was negative.  The guy said it has to be 13 weeks
for a 99.9%.   100%, I would have to wait total of 6 months.  

The guy said he's been doing it 15 years and they test about 10000/year.  In that time, he has had one
gay man take 6 months to turn positive.  

How can I tell if I could be one of those people who takes longer to develop antibodies?  I don't do drugs and
I'm not on any kind of other medication.   I'm a black female.  I've heard blacks are less likely to get ARS then
other races?   Do I really need to wait 6 months.  

[shaunw84]

The test was a 2nd gen test.  Uni-Gold markets itself as 3rd gen.  But the guy said the FDA research has shown it performs no better than a 2nd gen test.

[shaunw84]

The UNI-GOLD Test, I was told is a 3rd Gen test.  But the FDA says its performance is like a 2nd Gen Test.  So, I took a 2nd Gen test at about 9.5 weeks.

[Sharkboy67]

You no longed have to wait 6 month's for a conclusive result.
For a 4th GEN test, window period is 1 month. 3rd Gen 3 month's.