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Old 01-06-2008, 08:43 AM  
polish_aristocrat
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Nydahl, I assume the guy didn't get tested earlier for HIV at all, because it is extremely unlikely that he had symptoms for 9 months, but didn't test positive for HIV during this time for such a long period.

Also, there's a distinction between HIV and AIDS, if he has AIDS already as you say, then it's possible that he got infected with HIV good few years ago.

Now, usually HIV tests are testing for antibodies, depending on the particular test it may take a few weeks up to 6 months for the antibodies to show up.

From what I know, having no detectable antibodies for 9-12 months is extremely rare.

But there are different kind of tests, including DNA tests and viroal load tests which can detect HIV much faster. I assume in porn, usually the 'better' (faster detecting) tests are used.

Anyway, good luck to your friend.
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