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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 10/20/2007


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How acurate is an HIV test after 90 days??Or should i wait 6 monts?

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It is extremely accurate. There is only a very small number of people who take up to 6 months to seroconvert. However, there is no way to know who those people are...so to be absolutely sure, you should test again at 6 months. But the chance that you are one of those people is extremely small.

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Kristen Brannock, MPH

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I can answer questions concerning HIV infection and AIDS. This includes ways it can and cannot be transmitted, how it is treated, how it affects the body and methods to protect yourself. I can also answer questions concerning safer sex and contraception.

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I trained with the Red Cross to become an HIV/AIDS counselor and was a member of CARES- Carolina AIDS Resource Education Service in college. I have an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education and conduct research in the field of HIV prevention. I also take continuing education courses in HIV/STI prevention periodically.

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Master of Public Health Health Behavior and Health Education UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (formerly UNC-CH School of Public Health)

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