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I had HIV tested for visa ,got 0.14 ..which is negative ,but the question in my mind is why didn't I get 0? Does anyone ever get 0 in their HIV ELISA Test ?
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The "index value" (also called the "signal-to-cutoff ratio") is a technical term having to do with how this type of HIV-antibody test is conducted. Values less than 0.90, like yours, are definitively negative! Values between 0.9 and 1.0 would be equivocal or borderline. And values above 1.0 would be preliminarily positive. These preliminarily positive (or provisionally reactive) tests require a confirmatory test before someone is told they are HIV positive (infected). However, none of this applies to you, as you are conclusively HIV negative.
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Have you done CBC OR western blot..send me pic if you have done
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