How Conclusive Are The In-home Swab Test Kits With Testing At 3 Months And 25 Days?

Posted on Sat, 2 Sep 2023

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Question : Hello,

I took the In-Home HIV test today using Oraquick Swab Test Kit. Product Link: https://oraquick.com/oraquick-in-home-hiv-test/

Details:
Test Result: Negative
Date of Risk Incident: May 8th, 2023
Date of Test: September 1st, 2023
Total Duration from the incident: 3 Months, 25 Days
No of Test Done: 2 (Two tests done using the same brand, Oraquick with 2 hours between tests.
Result: Based on the instructions on the kit, both results came out 'Negative'

Also, need your help with couple of questions.

1. How conclusive are the in-home swab test kits with testing at 3 months and 25 days?
2. Are there any further tests needed?

Thank you.

Answered by Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (26 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You are free from HIV infection

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
All the tests for JIV available in the market are highly reliable up to 97% or more, especially the antibody detection tests 12 weeks after the exppsire. The negative report on repeat test the reliability becomes still high 12 weeks after the incident. So you are free from HIV 1 and 2. Infection.
Thanks.
Dr. S. Murugan

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