{"id":5101,"date":"2018-01-16T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:14:55","slug":"what-does-reactive-negativenon-reactive-results-of-rapid-test-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/5101","title":{"rendered":"What do reactive negative\/non-reactive results mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A non-reactive result means HIV negative.<\/li>\n<li>A reactive result means you <em>might<\/em> be HIV positive. \u00a0A second test is needed to confirm the results<\/li>\n<li>An indeterminate results mean the test results was unclear and needs another test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no such thing as a reactive negative result. This might be a communication error from the test centre. Please contact the testing clinic for clarification.<\/p>\n<p>Please see Q8 at this link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/what-are-the-most-asked-questions\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/what-are-the-most-asked-questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/hiv-transmission-and-testing\">FAQ page on testing<\/a> also has more information:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/hiv-transmission-and-testing\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/hiv-transmission-and-testing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: This answer was updated in January 2018 from a question first posted online in November 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My ex had a rapid test and the results on the paper was reactive negative\/non-reactive. He told me that the doctor said the result was positive.  I googled and on your feedbacks say that it is negative &#8211; I am confused and scared now.  Can you please clarify this for me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24221,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions\/24221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}