You Don't Need to Have HIV to Test HIV Positive
Factors known to cause false-positive HIV antibody test results:
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Anti-carbohydrate antibodies
Naturally-occurring antibodies
Passive immunization: receipt of gamma globulin or immune globulin (as prophylaxis against infection which contains
antibodies)
Leprosy
Tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium avium
Systemic lupus erythematosus
No HIV test that
Renal (kidney) failure
Hemodialysis/renal failure Alpha interferon therapy in hemodialysis patients
claims to diagnose
Flu
actual infection has
Flu vaccination
ever been approved by
Herpes simplex I
the FDA.
Herpes simplex II
Upper respiratory tract infection (cold or flu)
No HIV test can
Recent viral infection or exposure to viral vaccines
determine if you have
Pregnancy
Malaria
HIV specific
Hepatitis
antibodies or the
Blood transfusions
actual virus.
Normal human ribonucleoproteins
Other retroviruses
No HIV test has ever
Anti-microsomal antibodies
been validated by the
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
High levels of circulating immune complexes
direct finding of HIV
Hypergammaglobulinemia (high levels of antibodies)
in any human being
False positives on other tests, including RPR (rapid plasma reagent) test for syphilis
Rheumatoid arthritis
No exposure to HIV is
Hepatitis B vaccination
necessary in order to
Tetanus vaccination
test HIV positive.
Organ transplantation
Renal transplantation
Anti-lymphocyte antibodies
Anti-collagen antibodies (found in gay men, hemophiliacs, Africans and people with leprosy)
Serum-positive for rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibody (both found in rheumatoid arthritis and other
autoantibodies)
AntiAutoimmune diseases
Malignant neoplasms (cancers)
Anti-nuclear antibodies
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Anti-hepatitis A IgM (antibody)
Proteins on the filter paper
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Anti-Hbc IgM
Epstein-Barr virus
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Administration of human immunoglobulin pooled
Visceral leishmaniasis
before 1985
Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
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Hemophilia
Hyperbilirubinemia
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Hematologic malignant disorders and lymphoma
Cross reactions in healthy individuals
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Primary biliary cirrhosis
Alcoholic hepatitis/alcoholic liver disease
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Q-fever with associated hepatitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
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Heat-treated specimens
"Sticky" blood (in Africans)
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Lipemic serum (blood with high levels of fat or lipids)
Antibodies with a high affinity for polystyrene (used in the test kits)
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Hemolyzed serum (hemoglobin separated from red
Multiple myeloma
cells)
HLA antibodies (to Class I and II leukocyte antigens)
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Globulins produced during polyclonal gammopathies in
Anti-smooth muscle antibody
AIDS risk groups)
Anti-parietal cell antibody
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Non-viral l proteins passed through sexual activity
References: http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/cjtestfp.htm