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Originally Posted by natkejs
Granted I'm not a doctor, but considering that it can take several months for an HIV infection to show up on a test, while I believe you need to get tested every few weeks -- there is always the off chance that an infection becomes detectable during that window.
Not necessarily faked or any error involved, just unfortunate.
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The time it takes for HIV to show up on a blood test depends on the type of test used. Antibody tests, the most common, can detect HIV 23-90 days after exposure, while antigen/antibody tests can detect HIV 18-90 days after exposure. Nucleic acid tests (NATs) can detect HIV 10-33 days after exposure
although anything is possible I was merely curious as to what they found was the reason