Is a fourth generation hiv test taken at 5 week , 7 week , 9 week , 10.5 week 12 week 16 and 19 week conclusive 100 % that i do not have hiv ? Hiv-1 or Hiv-2 is it conclusive ? Can i move on safe now from this and forget or are more testings needed ?

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Is a fourth generation hiv test taken at 5 week , 7 week , 9 week , 10.5 week 12 week 16 and 19 week conclusive 100 % that i do not have hiv ? Hiv-1 or Hiv-2 is it conclusive ? Can i move on safe now from this and forget or are more testings needed ?

I can give you the window period for the 4th generation HIV test we use in BC Canada. The window period is the time between when a person comes in contact with HIV and when HIV will show up on a test.

We find that the 4th generation HIV test is 95% accurate by 6 weeks and would give you a final result by 3 months. Given that you had many tests all the way out to 19 weeks I would say that you do not have HIV and no further testing is required.

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This answer was posted on October 27, 2015.

This answer was updated on February 7, 2022.