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Originally posted by Benzene
This just happened on February 13th. HIV has an incubation period of up to 6 months. So even if the child tests negative now, it doesn't mean they're in the clear.
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I'm sorry but that's not true. Even 3 months is not really true. Today, there are methods that detect the virus during the first 2 weeks only such as the PCR. Normally, the virus immediately infect millions of cellules when it gets into the body, so 2 weeks are already enough.
The story behind 3 months and 6 months is something else. There are people who say even "1 or 2 or even 3 years" in forums and of course that does not make any sense at all.