Question
Can someone be HIV negative but an HIV “carrier”?
26 March 2010. Related: All topics.
Answer
No, people are either HIV positive or HIV negative. There is no such thing as a carrier – and the word is not relevant to HIV.
You cannot tell if anyone is HIV positive. The way to know if someone is HIV positive is if they tell you about their status and they have had conclusive evidence from an HIV test.
For more information on testing and transmission please follow this link to the i-Base factsheet.
Im so terified, my girlfriend is pregnant, she went to book yesterday tested positive, I quickly went for VCT, tested negative. Apparently when we tried for the baby she was negative, could this be true? did I infect her? What is MISCONTENT COUPLE? Hw possible is it dat I also hav it? Help
Hi
No-one will be able to provide you with proof for how you became positive, but you are right that this is really not likely to be from the rape.
One explanation is that you may have been HIV positive without knowing for more than a year or two. Your boyfriend has just been lucky in not catching HIV and you were lucky not to have become ill before you had these results.
I am sorry to hear about your assault and I hope you are accessing support and counselling about this. It must feel particularly difficult to also have the news about HIV. Most people never find ot how they caught HIV, but focus on slowly moving forward and dealing with your new choices. Even if it doesn’t feel like it now, life will get much easier and treatment means you can still have a long and normal life.
You are most likely not going to be able to figure this out but I recently found out I was HIV positive and I found out 2 days after I had been raped.
Prior to that I had been with my ex for 5 almost 6 months now I had been with no-one else for a year prior and to my knowledge I was neg, now stats say it takes six weeks for the virus to develop, now my ex nd i only used protection a few times In the time we were. Togther and after I foundout my news he was tested to but his results turned up negative.
Now I couldn’t have caught it from the rape, bcuz everything and everyone says the virus cant progress that suddenly, so here’s my dilema, if the rape was a no go and my ex was a no go then how did I get this?
The information you want is in the i-Base guide to HIV transmission and testing. Please take time to read though this so you can help you friend with information that is accurate. HIV is not always transmitted every time. The risks are often quite low and it is common for one partner to test positive and the other negative, even if they have been having unprotected sex. HIV can still be transmitted in the future though.
Ma friend’s wife has tested and seen to be HIV postive, but ma friend is negative.what is the mechanism behind. Please explain as an expert on ths field, you are talking bout p’ples life so provide scientific informations.
Hi Bloodwell,
I’m sorry to hear about your wife’s recent diagnosis. How are she and her baby doing?
HIV is not as easy to catch as people think. There are many couples where one person is positive and the other negative. Please follow this link to a similar question.
Hi, I was married to my wife for 2 years, in December she tested for HIV when she was pregnant and she tested positive, in February I was tested negative and in June I was tested negetive again. Is it possible to be negative while having unprotected sex with someone who is positive
Oooh thank you very much Q n A session
HIV is a virus.
The letters stand for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
So there are no other microorganisms that cause HIV, if exists itself.
Which microorganism cause HIV?