{"id":514,"date":"2008-07-12T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2008-07-12T16:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i-base.info\/qa\/?p=514"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:17:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:17:49","slug":"were-my-results-conclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/514","title":{"rendered":"Were my results conclusive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To answer your questions directly:<\/p>\n

1. It is true that sometimes the window period of Hep C is long, but usually 3 months after a possible infection is enough in the majority of the cases. It is also very unlikely that you would catch hepatitis C from sexual exposure.
\n2. You say that you had a PCR test for HIV. Its results are not based on antibodies and you should safely assume that you are HIV-negative, unless you did not have an exposure recently.<\/p>\n

Also, the way you describe the case, the risks of infection were very low to insignificant to start with.<\/p>\n

Often sex workers are better educated about STIs than the general population and would not do things that will expose them to a risk of getting an STI from the client.<\/p>\n

Finally, you are wrong to think you can know whether someone is HIV-positive by what they look like or the job they have – not every sex worker is HIV-positive.<\/p>\n

Try this MTV internet game<\/a> to see why.<\/p>\n

Hope this helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello. Please take the time to look at my question. In May 2007 I had protected sex with a woman who I paid to have sex with me of unknown HIV status. When I finished I noticed that there was some blood on my pubic hair and pelvis area. I had no visible cuts or open sores. About 2 months later I took a PCR DNA test for HIV and it came out negative. 3 months after the exposure I had a comprehensive STD panel done (including Hepatitis C). All the results were negative. A few days ago I took an HIV antibody test (about 7 months after exposure) and it too was negative.<\/p>\n

I was ready to move on with these results but I read somewhere that Hepatitis C can delay \/ extend the window period for HIV antibodies to show up. I have also read that the antibodies for Hep C can take anywhere from 3 to 6 months to show. So my two questions are:<\/p>\n

1) Do you think my negative Hep C test results 3 months post exposure were conclusive? And…<\/p>\n

2) if not, does that mean that my latest HIV test at 7 months are unreliable? Please help! Thanks so much!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-testing","category-hiv-transmission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24390,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/24390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}