Elisa Blood test for Hiv - 3months after sexual exposure negative. Is any further elisa blood test required?

Three months after sexual exposure a elisa blood test for Hiv done which tested negative. there are no other signs or disorder.. Is any other blood test required or should we consider that the person concerned is normal and HIv negative.

Sorry but Leogirl's info is incorrect. With today's testing about 90% of people tested at the 3 month mark; their results are conclusive. A few year's ago the CDC recommended testing at 3, 6 and 12 months.
At 3 months your test results should be conclusive and I wouldn't think you would need anymore testing. In rare cases where someone's immune system has already been effected, then yes - they should test again at 6 months and 12 months.
If you are unsure, you can go test again at 6 months but I'm sure you results will be negative. Congrats on the good news!!

It can take up to a year for the antibodies to show up in infected blood. I wouldn't say the person should think they're in the clear until they've been tested every three months for a year.

If you have tested conclusively negative after 12 weeks than you are conclusively negative. No further testing is required.

Yes i think so.....bit if u really want to make sure ... u can go 4 PCR test............

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