Each respondent's previous health services utilization was measured by the total number of medical visits recorded in the RAMQ patient file for the 12 months preceding the QHS interview.
In general, antibody tests that use blood can detect HIV slightly sooner after infection than tests done with oral fluid. It can take 3 to 12 weeks (21-84 days) for an HIV-positive personâs body to make enough antibodies for an antibody test to detect HIV infection. This is called the window period.
The time it takes for a person who has been infected with HIV to show a positive test result (also known as seroconverting) is called the window period.. There are different types of HIV tests, and each type has a different window period. We have a more in depth article about HIV test window periods.