I took an rapid HIV test at 4 weeks 2 days and wanted to know if I should be worried about that result, I'm not sure what the window period is so should I take it again or what?

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Hello. You did nt right what was the result? Normally the window period is from 3 to 12 weeks. By 12 weeks antibodies are present in an HIV infected pt in 99.95% of cases. A test a 6 months is asked it some one tested positive for HCV from the suspected exposure as HCV delays the appearence of antibodies. You can consult any hiv spl. For further proper guidence and not to waste money on unneccesary and very expensive tests (such as HIV 1 DNA proviral test)

Hemant Kumar · Accepted Answer

Hello. You did nt right what was the result? Normally the window period is from 3 to 12 weeks. By 12 weeks antibodies are present in an HIV infected pt in 99.95% of cases. A test a 6 months is asked it some one tested positive for HCV from the suspected exposure as HCV delays the appearence of antibodies. You can consult any hiv spl. For further proper guidence and not to waste money on unneccesary and very expensive tests (such as HIV 1 DNA proviral test)

Ketan Ranpariya · Answer

There is one concept of Window period that means if some infective micro organism enter into our body and you test on next day your report comes negative even even micro organism present in your body. Test will come positive after overturn number of day, weeks or months onky every disease and every test have different window period hiv 1 pro viral dna QUALITATIVE test has window period of 17 days that means you have to do this test only after 17 days to get accurate result HIV DUO has 3 month window period RAPID HIV ELISA AND OTHER CARD TEST HAS 6 month window period same way HBsAg, HCV and VDRL has window period of 3 month so you have to do it after 3 month of exposure. For more one to one personal counselling opt for online consultation so I can solve all your query personally it s not possible to discuss all this thing public platform so better you opt for online consultation so we can discuss personally all thing thing in depth.