12-04-2012, 19:21
the fact that jessica apparently got the wrong result in the first place and wasnt hiv +, nothing suspicious to me and not attention whoring
Quote:Window period
Antibody tests may give false negative (no antibodies were detected despite the presence of HIV) results during the window period, an interval of three weeks to six months between the time of HIV infection and the production of measurable antibodies to HIV seroconversion. Most people develop detectable antibodies approximately 30 days after infection, although some seroconvert later. The vast majority of people (97%) have detectable antibodies by three months after HIV infection; a six-month window is extremely rare with modern antibody testing
(12-04-2012 19:21 )Rammyrascal Wrote: [ -> ]the fact that jessica apparently got the wrong result in the first place and wasnt hiv +, nothing suspicious to me and not attention whoring
(12-04-2012 19:21 )Rammyrascal Wrote: [ -> ]the fact that jessica apparently got the wrong result in the first place and wasnt hiv +, nothing suspicious to me and not attention whoring
(12-04-2012 17:47 )rj242 Wrote: [ -> ]According to the latest twitterposts, the second test has come back negative - apparently Jessica was given the wrong persons blood results initially.
(12-04-2012 20:13 )tony confederate Wrote: [ -> ]How can that be true? No clinic would tell someone they were HIV positive without checking and double checking to make sure they were giving out the right test results.
(12-04-2012 20:36 )simplymarko Wrote: [ -> ].....so how does she know the second test gave the true result and not the first?
(12-04-2012 21:09 )george lusk Wrote: [ -> ](12-04-2012 20:36 )simplymarko Wrote: [ -> ].....so how does she know the second test gave the true result and not the first?
She doesn't know for CERTAIN. But false negatives are much rarer than false positives, so the odds are very much in her favour. A false negative only occurs in 3 cases out of every 10,000 HIV tests, so if she's received a negative test now that means there's a 99.97% chance that she doesn't have HIV.