{"id":6,"date":"2007-03-25T09:53:44","date_gmt":"2007-03-25T08:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i-base.info\/qa\/?p=6"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:15:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:15:42","slug":"is-it-true-that-if-you-are-pregnant-the-results-of-an-initial-hiv-test-can-be-incorrect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/6","title":{"rendered":"If you are pregnant, can the results of an initial HIV test be incorrect?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. These tests are very accurate.<\/p>\n<p>If the result is negative, then you are HIV-negative. If the results is        positive, then the result is confirmed using a second test, to eliminate        the very small chance of a false-positive result.<\/p>\n<p>HIV tests are extremely important during pregnancy, in order for HIV-positive        women who are unaware of their status, to be diagnosed in time to be able        to use anti-HIV drugs to protect their baby from HIV infection.<\/p>\n<p>If you are HIV-negative at the start of your pregnancy, it is sometimes        important to re-test for HIV before giving birth, if you may have been exposed        to HIV during your pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/pregnancy\/\">i-Base guide to HIV, Pregnancy and Women&#8217;s Health<\/a> is available        online or in print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. These tests are very accurate. If the result is negative, then you are HIV-negative. If the results is positive, then the result is confirmed using a second test, to eliminate the very small chance of a false-positive result. HIV &hellip;<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","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\/6","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=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24304,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/24304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}