[Guest]

Around the middle of 2001, I had one incident of protected sex with a sex worker in Malaysia. I did have some flu like symptoms sometime after that. I went to a doctor and have been tested (in US) for HIV at 1 month, 3 months and 7 months after that exposure, and the tests were all negative. My doctor seems to think that I am HIV negative.

However, sometimes I feel that I may be having oral hairy leukplakia. I have been assured by my doctor that it does not look like OHL.

Could I be having HIV-2? I think the tests done at the clinic were Western Blot. Do the Elisa and WB tests done in US clinics detect both HIV-1 and HIV 2?

[Guest]

Every western blot I've seen in the US in the last 10 years assays for hiv 1 and 2. Sounds like you're negative. If you're still convinced that you're one of the 1/10,000-1/1,000,000 false negatives, see an hiv specialist listed at aahivm.org.
GR
[quote] Around the middle of 2001, I had one incident of protected sex with a sex worker in Malaysia. I did have some flu like symptoms sometime after that... [/quote]

[Guest]

Thanks very much for your quick reply.

Are there cases where an Elisa test would detect HIV-1/2 that WB could miss? I am referring to standard Elisa and WB tests performed in US clinics.


[quote] Every western blot I've seen in the US in the last 10 years assays for hiv 1 and 2. Sounds like you're negative... [/quote]

[Guest]

Keith,
the answer if probably no. But you should do is follow the advice in my previous post. good luck, GR
[quote] Thanks very much for your quick reply.

Are there cases where an Elisa test would detect HIV-1/2 that WB could miss... [/quote]