I am not sure how you know your partner had HIV or there viral load.  My guess is that is your fear.  If so, without PEP there is a more than 99% probability that you did acquire HIV.  With PEP, the probability of infection, on average, is 99.9% that you would not be infected.   Your test results make the likelihood of your being infected virtually zero.  While I recommend that, as suggested, you repeat your 4th generation test 6 weeks following completion of PEP, I am confident that your test will be negative, proving that you were not infected.

I hope this comment is helpful.  EWH 

The answer is that if the swollen glands that you noted were due to HIV, your test would almost certainly be positive - it was not. Most people do have lymph nodes and glands in the neck which can be felt if a person is looking closely. I suspect that the glands you have noted are normal and if not, they are certainly unrelated to the sexual exposure that you have described. I would not worry further.

I hope this information is helpful and reassuring. As you know, we provide up to three responses to each client’s questions. This is my third response. As a result later today this thread will be closed without further responses. Please take care and please don’t worry. EWH