And your experience with HIV is?
As rightly pointed out by mike positive elisa may b due to several other reasons... Pls try to find whether she have any other stds since they transmit easier than hiv and some of them cause false positive elisa.... Try to check again at the end of 3 months and that will be cut off for 99 percent cases.... Hope she will b negative... And yes don't worry as HIV is not death sentence u have lot of medicines that make it chronic and she can leave almost a normal life span... Take care of ur daughter as she need u the most at this time for emotional support...
Thanks Mike. I will ask the doctor for the Duo test. I appreciate the feedback.
A positive result on the ELISA screening test does not necessarily mean that the person has HIV infection. Certain conditions may lead to a false positive result, such as Lyme disease, syphilis, and lupus.
A positive ELISA test is always followed by a Western blot test. A positive Western blot confirms an HIV infection. A negative Western blot test means the ELISA test was a false positive test. The Western blot test can also be unclear, in which case more testing is done.
Negative tests do not rule out HIV infection. There is a period of time (called the "window period") between HIV infection and the appearance of anti-HIV antibodies that can be measured. This period is 3 months from exposure. However, negative WB at 45 days is certainly very encouraging.
I would recommend a Duo test - Antibody + P24 AG test if she is still at 45 +/- 2 to 3 days instead of an RNA PCR at this juncture. RNA PCR works optimum 12-18 days post exposure.
Thanks for your response.
3 months post exposure is when you can obtain your conclusive test result.