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QUESTION: hi,
i had a risky exposure when i had touched my penis with another guy's penis.i am sure my penis was fully covered with the outer skin and there was no ejaculation or pre-cum ejaculation.after that risky exposure i was so tensed that i went for HIV rapid test after 177 days and again 220 days of that incident.Both the time i was found negative.I do not have any signs or symptoms of being HIV infected for now.
The person who did the test also told me not to worry,I am absolutely fine.But always i have a fear at back of mind of having any chance of inefection.Please help me out.

ANSWER: Hello Ashu,

Welcome and thank you for asking the question. The situation you mentioned was not risky exposure at all. Please be calm and there is no chance of being infected with HIV in that way.

Have a nice day.

Best regards,
Gorkey

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QUESTION: Thanks for your reply.
i have another doubt whether it is true that window period of detection of hiv is upto maximum 6 months for a healthy individual,if the individual is not taking any sort of therapy or drug and is in complete abstinence from any sort of risky sexual behaviour since last 6 months.

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Welcome again!

Here is the answer: You are true. Most people infected with HIV will develop enough antibodies to be detected by our current HIV antibody tests 4 weeks after the exposure. However, some experts recommend testing at baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months post-exposure.

Sincere regards,
Gorkey

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Gorkey Gourab

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Social and behavioral issues related to HIV transmission, sexually transmitted infections, Human Rights issues, rights of marginalized populations, gender and sexuality, research design and analysis related social & behavioral issues, , computer assisted qualitative data analysis and data management (using ATLAS.ti, ANTHROPAC, NVivo 8)

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Specialized in Medical Anthropology. Working on Social and behavioral studies related to HIV transmission as well as Human Rights issues. Specialization in gender, sexuality, masculinity, behavioral studies related to HIV transmission. Qualitative research, programmatic and M&E experience with MSM, hijra (TG), indigenous groups, female sex workers for more than 7 years.

Organizations
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) as Manager - M&E (Qualitative) with Center for HIV and AIDS

Publications
International peer-reviewed journals & technical papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., Gourab, G., & Bhuiya, A. (2009). Living on the extreme margin: Social exclusion of the hijra in Bangladesh. Journal of health, population and nutrition. (2) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., & Sikder, J. (2008). Not to stigmatize but to humanize sexual lives of the transgender (hijra): condom chat in the AIDS era. Journal of LGBT Health Research (Special issue: issues on male sexual behaviors and HIV risk in South Asia). Working papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Gourab, G., Ahmed, T., Sarker, G. F., Chowdhury, F. K., Ghosh, S., et al. (2009). Understanding the operational dynamics and possible HIV interventions for residence-based female sex workers in two divisional cities in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: NASP, Save the Children USA and icddr,b. Presentations in scientific meetings and conferences: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G. & Azim, T. (2011, 16 March 2011). Use of a new approach to count and access diverse groups of hijra for scaling up HIV-preventions services in Bangladesh. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XIII), Dhaka. (2) Khan, S. I., Pasa, K., Gourab, G., & Islam, A. (2007). Indigenous populations of Bangladesh: Living with risks and vulnerabilities to STIs/HIV. 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP). Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Education/Credentials
MSS (Anthropology), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Awards and Honors
The Vanderbilt-UAB Fogarty International Center AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP)Scholarship for the training on HIV-AIDS related qualitative data analysis and manuscript writing (Center for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)

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