While many of us know testing for sexually transmitted infections is important for keeping us and our partners safe, we may not be doing it properly. STIs have a latency period between when they were contracted and when they can be detected by a test. It can take days, weeks or even months, in the case of syphilis, for an STI to show up on a test after exposure. Xtra’s senior health editor, Ziya Jones, explains.
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