PEP Tips: Follow-Up Testing After One Year

There is only one scenario for which HIV antibody testing of the exposed patient is warranted at one year post exposure. If the exposed patient seroconverts to HCV Ab-positive and has sustained an exposure to a source patient who is known to be HIV-HCV co-infected, the exposed patient should continue HIV surveillance until one year after the exposure.

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