Why doesn’t i-Base answer questions on HIV testing and transmission?
1 January 2025. Related: All topics, HIV testing, HIV transmission.
HIV testing
New diagnosis with a 4th generation rapid test
26 December 2024. Related: HIV testing, PEP/PEPSE.
Is it safe to take Acriptega that I buy myself after testing positive?
2 September 2024. Related: Access to treatment, All topics, HIV testing, Support.
Why do UK guidelines only wait 6 weeks to test after PEP?
25 August 2024. Related: All topics, Cure, HIV testing, HIV transmission, PEP/PEPSE.
Unclear test results in the UK?
22 August 2024. Related: All topics, HIV testing.
My friend is taking drugs, can he be positive?
5 August 2024. Related: All topics, HIV testing.
Could I have been misdiagnosed as I now test HIV negative?
15 April 2024. Related: All topics, HIV testing.
Featured Has my question already been answered?
1 March 2024. Related: Access to treatment, Adherence, All topics, CD4 and viral load, Changing treatment, Children, Clinical trials, Complications and coinfections, COVID-19, Cure, Disclosure, Drug interactions, HIV reinfection (superinfection), HIV testing, HIV transmission, Life expectancy, Living with HIV long-term, Newly diagnosed, Opportunistic infections, Other tests, PEP/PEPSE, Pregnancy, PrEP, Recreational drugs, Research, Resistance, Sero different couples, Sexual health, Side effects, Southern Africa, Starting treatment, Stopping treatment, Supplements and herbs, Support, TB, Transgender, Travel.
I tested positive for HIV after having a flu vaccine…
23 November 2023. Related: All topics, HIV testing, Newly diagnosed.
What treatment do I need to start?
12 November 2023. Related: Access to treatment, All topics, HIV testing, Newly diagnosed, Starting treatment.
Why have I now tested negative after 6 months?
17 October 2023. Related: All topics, CD4 and viral load, HIV testing, Newly diagnosed.
Is my test result true?
25 September 2023. Related: All topics, HIV testing.
Why do I need to repeat a 28-day negative HIV test at three months?
16 September 2023. Related: All topics, HIV testing.
Will my baby’s test result change?
28 August 2023. Related: All topics, Children, HIV testing.
What is a positive HIV screening baby test?
10 July 2023. Related: All topics, Children, HIV testing, Starting treatment.
Is a negative HIV test four weeks after PEP okay?
7 June 2023. Related: All topics, HIV testing, PEP/PEPSE, Southern Africa.
Am I positive or negative?
26 April 2023. Related: All topics, HIV testing, Newly diagnosed.
Can a positive person test negative again?
30 March 2023. Related: All topics, HIV testing.
Why is my partner not positive?
21 February 2023. Related: All topics, HIV testing, HIV transmission, Newly diagnosed, Pregnancy.
Could I really be HIV negative and do I need ART?
12 February 2023. Related: All topics, CD4 and viral load, HIV testing, Support.