Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Jared is a 34-year-old male who has reported several weeks of general malaise, and a low-grade fever. You are a nurse working for the public health department, and you are corresponding with Jared concerning the results of his laboratory testing.
-Jared informs you that he previously had a negative HIV PCR test performed about a month ago.What is your interpretation of this information?
A) PCRs are rarely accurate.
B) He may be lying,since the ELISA came back positive.
C) It is possible the ELISA was a false-positive,and the Western blot must be performed to confirm.
D) The HIV PCR is outdated,and does not pick up modern strains of the virus.
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