Pretest Question 1

A 35-year-old woman returns to the office four days after having a routine screening test for HIV.  Her HIV enzyme immunoassay (EIA) was positive, but the confirmatory Western blot was negative.  She notes that she had a new sexual partner approximately 3 weeks ago.  What is the best next step in management?

Reassure her; the HIV EIA is likely a false positive.

Send an HIV-2 Western blot.

Repeat the EIA and Western blot in 1 month.

Send an HIV-1 viral load.

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