Odd and scary scenario

[werds123]

on Jan 6th i visited a girl in the window of the amsterdam red light district, protected oral and vaginal intercourse. no breaks or mishaps (i am certain that the condom remained intact throughout as i removed it myself at the end). i had never had any sexual encounters before this event.

i returned from the trip on Jan 7th.  nervous and despite all the info on medhelp about protected encounters, i went to a clinic to get tested the next day on Jan 8th.    

On Jan. 10 i began to experience a fever/chills along with diarrhea. the fever vanished the next day and the loose stool persisted for 3 more days.

On Jan 16th, the clinic called and indicated that while all other tests were negative, the HIV test was reactive, however the confirmatory tests all came back negative.  I believe a DUO test was used.

i have been vaccinated for the flu in September, and also got a Hep B vaccine a few years bacl

i believe another virus may have influenced the very early test and that such symptoms are coincidental. However, how is any disease transmission possible with a fully intact condom? Does this undermine all the 'no risk' assessments of people in similar situations?  Also, despite the early nature of the test, does the negative confirmation trump the initial result?  

[hangon51]

You most defnately got a false positive. False positives do happen. And condoms are indeed 100% effective if they remain intact.
The HIV virus cannot pass through a latex or poly condom .

[Teak]

I can't help the incorrect you find on other websites.

Latex condoms, when used consistently and correctly, are highly effective in preventing the sexual transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In addition, consistent and correct use of latex condoms reduces the risk of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including diseases transmitted by genital secretions, and to a lesser degree, genital ulcer diseases. Condom use may reduce the risk for genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV-associated diseases, e.g., genital warts and cervical cancer.

[werds123]

thank you teak, however, what concerned me is that many sites are less enthusiastic about a condom's efficiency.  
so you agree with prizefighter's false positive conclusion as well?

[Teak]

You never had an exposure

[werds123]

teak, based on this scenario, what are your impressions?  i know your answers to most like this are 'no risk' but what about the test discrepancy?

[Prizefighter]

I would think not. People do get false positives. I am sure you got one, which sucks.

[werds123]

even assuming the test was not carried out by the lab for a few days, that wouldnt impact detection in any way correct?

[Prizefighter]

You will not get HIV with a intact condom as long as you used it from start to finish and it did not break or fall off. You tested 2 days later for HIV. The test would not have picked up HIV this early. Since you never had sex before, you probably never came in contact with the virus. So you had a false positive. Either way, you did not have a risk so no need to test.