First, about your genital herpes:  I hope your doctor or clinic sampled the sores to test them for HSV by PCR, including typing to determine HSV1 vs HSV2. The likelihood of recurrent outbreaks, transmission to partners, need for treatment to prevent both of these, and susceptibility to HIV all are far greater for HSV2 than HSV1. Discuss this with your doctor.

But your main concern is HIV. Statistically, you were at low risk:  if a woman has untreated HIV, the risk to her male partner is roughly one chance in 2,500 for each episode of unprotected vaginal sex. HSV2 (but not HSV1) increases that risk by about double or even 4 times -- but that still leaves your risk at somewhere around one chance in a thousand. And that's unprotected vaginal sex; with a condom, your risk was a hundred times lower than that. Further, most CSWs do not have HIV (I don't know the situation in your country, but almost certainly there is under a 10% chance your CSW partner had HIV.)

So most likely you did not acquire HIV. However, it makes sense to be tested, both for HIV and syphilis. You might see a doctor or clinic with HIV/AIDS expertise for in-person advice; the doctor who diagnosed your herpes is a good place to start. Or contact public health services (looking online I find this https://health.govmu.org/health/ which includes phone numbers etc. I would be surprised if only older HIV ELISA tests are available, with 90 day window period. (There are 10 or more different HIV ELISA tests, including AgAb -- i.e. "4th generation" blood tests with 4-6 week windows. Probably HIV RNA/PCR testing also is available, if needed.

I hope these comments are helpful. Let me know if anything isn't clear.

As for the tests, there is only IGM herpes test in Mauritius and no type specific tests unfortunately.  I have asked all clinics and labs.  The HIV tests available is PCR test (7-10 days post exposure) and normal Elisa test HIV 1 and 2 (at least 6 weeks post exposure and repeat after 6 months).  The PCR test is very much more expensive than the normal Elisa HIV test. TPHA and VDRL for Syphillis are also available post 6 weeks exposure.  No urine test for Gonorhea or chlamydia - only blood tests available.   Unfortunately though there is great medical care available for surgeries etc, STDs are still a taboo in Mauritius and not much is done for it in either public or private health facilities.  

Given my exposure,  I am planning to wait 6 weeks and do the normal HIV Elisa and TPHA/VDRL tests at a private lab. Would I be ok to move on if i have a negative result for HIV and syphillis by then or should i wait more please?

It probably makes sense to follow your doctor's advice about timing of a final HIV test. But your plan for testing for both HIV and syphilis at 6 weeks makes sense too: all HIV blood tests (and the syphilis tests) usually are positive by 4-6 weeks in newly infected persons; negative results at that time would be very reassuring, even if final conclusive testing is delayed until 12 weeks.

Thank you DR HHH and team for your time and for responses.  All the best with your work. 

With these symptoms, you need wait no longer for a very helpful HIV blood test. It is not possible to have ARS symptoms and a negative HIV antibody test, because the symptoms caused by the immune response to HIV and not the virus itself. Therefore, everybody with ARS symptoms test positive -- so a negative result at this time will prove HIV is not the cause. You will need to be tested later to assure the result stays negative after a few weeks. But the expected negative result should settle your fears about your symptoms. Probably you have just a cold or covid. Alternatively, you could return to your doctor for his evaluation; if he thinks ARS in fact is a concern, an HIV RNA/PCR test could be done. A negative result also would rule out ARS as the cause, and perhaps he would advise testing for covid and influenza.

Threads normally are closed after two follow-up comments and replies, and we're there. But I'll leave it open for one more exchange, in case you get tested and would like to let me know the result(s). However, I won't have further advice or comment until and unless you get tested and want to report the result. OK?

Thank you once again. 

I will test at 6 and 12 weeks with HIV antibody Elisa test for hiv 1 and hiv 2.  I cross fingers the results are negative. 

I thank you again for your help. Take care. Bye