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I want to test for hiv
I recently had an unsafe sex. So I want to test for hiv. Also when I contact the lab they ask me for a doctor's prescription. In this case what should I do
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Hi dear p24 antigen can be detected from 11th day to one month later antibodies test like ELISA may be done ,further confirmation by western blot and IFA
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