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Originally Posted by marcop
I did some reading about syphillis (here: http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm) and one thing that does concern me was this, "The time between infection with syphilis and the start of the first symptom can range from 10 to 90 days (average 21 days)." So what does that mean in terms of testing? If someone who worked with a syphillis positive performer a week ago, and tests clean tomorrow, does that mean they really are clean? Or should there be some quarantine period before retesting, and if so, how long should it be? |
From what I remember, you can show negative with the clap for weeks and weeks after the initial infection. And you can spread it during this incubation time.