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Does cmia test for hiv detects all types of hiv including rare cases (not producing antibodies after window periods) after 2 years of exposure? If answer is no then how can we detect those peoples? Please help.
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There are other tests to detect hiv in early stage.
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After two years of exposure you can go for tridot dot test or Elisa test which easily detects antibody of all types of HIV infection. Cmia test or p24 test detects antigen and antibody and is generally done 28 days after exposure.
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