HIV and HTLV antibodies - really worried

I posted a few months ago regarding rare strains of HIV and testing for HTLV.... Just wanted to check a few things which are really worrying me... I did get tested for HTLV 1&2 antibodies a few months ago - which came back negative. However looking through the net recently I've found some people on the forums claiming that someone called Mr. Sadowsky from The Body website saying that some people will NEVER develop HTLV antibodies even though they have HTLV... So I trawled through The Body website and forum which looks like a good HIV resource and I came across this link here 'http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Q9224.html' where this Mr. Sadowsky says some people can take up to 6 months to develop antibodies and he mentions a study where in some people it can take years for detectable antibodies to develop. I looked at the date of the above post and is says Dec 16 1998. Could it be this information is out of date? When I looked on the forum there are still a couple of people recently quoting this person but claiming that some people will NEVER develop HTLV antibodies. Is it possible to have HTLV but not have antibodies or is this just false information? Would you always develop antibodies to HTLV and how long does it take for the antibodies to be detectable on a standard blood test? This also now leads me to now worrying about HIV. Is it possible to have HIV but not develop detectable antibodies or would you always develop antibodies which would be detected by the HIV DUO test - which is what I had.... Also found this link on Medhelp by Edward M Hook re. rare strains 'http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV---Prevention/Scared-to-the-bone/show/1588651'; Would you agree with this? Thanks in advance.

2015-02-16 05:30:51

David