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Originally Posted by Cleo
The thing is you can get tested and be HIV negative but still have AIDS as it takes awhile to show up. Plus AIDS isn't the only nasty, not even the only nasty that can't be cured, that can kill you.
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You can be HIV negative and have AIDS? How is that possible? I think it's the other way around: you can be HIV+, but you don't need to develop AIDS.
Anyhow, it all comes down to the testing method. Expensive tests can detect the virus as early as a couple of hours after an infection, while antibody tests are worthless within a timeframe of 4/6 weeks after infection.