What is the REAL HIV seroconversion window period?

The CDC gives multiple answers on their website, and most seem to be based upon a 1996 article. They say it can be as low as just a few days and can be as long as 12 months. I would like a real, definitive answer, please.

It depends on which state you live in. Some states still call for the old 6 month window period. Many other states use the 3 month window period. It depends on how good their testing technology is, how much funding that state receives for HIV testing, etc.

In New York, tests usually will pick up an HIV positive within a month of infection, and we can be sure you are either positive or negative at 3 months from your last exposure.

I am a certified HIV test counselor, and what we say is that most people (about 99%) will seroconvert by the end of 3 months. We recommend anyone with a KNOWN hiv exposure to test again at 6 months, when we expect that everyone will have seroconverted.

That means if you came in to see me, and you had a known exposure last week, I would test you today, test you at 3 months, and then again at 6 months.

Make sense?

90% of people will seroconvert by the end of the first month, though.

The seroconversion window is inside the first three months. But, thats what i think. The answer above is better

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