Another question....what is the longest period of time a person can go before testing postive forHIV?


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1 year, it takes up to 10 years for the symptoms to show. Medical professionals are advised to get tested up to 1 year after possible exposure to the virus (needle sticks). Some people are confused over this because there are so many different opinions on this. Ask your doctor, they can tell you the correct answer, or go to the health dept.
6 months. You can get tested right after you think you may have been infected but it could give a false negative. Most doctors recommending doing it again 6 months later.


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