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If a person receives a negative rapid HIV test result, is a confirmatory test needed?

April 26, 2017confirmatory needed negative person rapid Test

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If a person receives a negative rapid HIV test result, is a confirmatory test needed?

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A negative antibody test result, whether it is from a rapid HIV test or an EIA, does not require a confirmatory test. However, a person may have been tested too soon, before antibodies developed. The average time between infection and the development of detectable antibodies is 25 days.