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An infection capable of being transmitted by direct or intimate contact (e.g., sex).
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A test result that is negative when the person is actually or truly positive. Occasionally the test may be falsely negative. In other words the test is negative but the person is actually HIV infected. This may be due to the window period or to some technical problem. On rare occasions it may be due to very severe immune deficiency.