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Hello sir, my sex encounter was 7 months before. 6 time elisa 4th gen test have been carried out. All are negative. Vdrl+tpha also negative after 6 months. But still now I have some of hiv symptoms. Is it possible that hiv virus exist my body but do not produce antibody yet? Olz advice me. Thanks.
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That is not possible though detection sometimes may be problematic because of the silent window. If 4 th generation test done after 4 months of exposure is negative it is fairly reliable.
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