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Asked for female, 26 years old from Chennai
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Serum widal is not genuinly specific for typhoid. False positive is common. 1: 80 dilution is not very specific. If fever is persisting then do tyohii dot Igm and blood c/s plus other tests to rule out other causes of fever.
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Widal test is considered positive if samonella typhi or para typhi h and o titer will be grater then or equal to 1 :160. So the above value shows negative value.
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Good day Mr. lybrate-user. Stop worrying and confirm the status of your source of infection first and the present clinical status. If your source is negative for HIV then you need to worry about getting infected. Usually it will take 3 weeks to 3 months to develop antibodies to the HIV and to give test positive. I assume that as your antibody test at 3rd month is negative which is almost conclusive that you may not be infected with HIV and I suggest to repeat the same antibody test at 6th month ...more
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The antigen sandwich ELISA is considered the most sensitive screening method, given its ability to detect all isotypes of antibody. HIV is spread only in certain body fluids from a person who has HIV. These fluids are blood, semen, pre-seminal fluids, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. Let's have a detailed discussion for better advice and healthy lifestyle.
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