Depending on how quickly a person’s immune system generates HIV antibodies after infection, it could still take up to 3 months to get a positive result (although this is rare). If you think you have been exposed to HIV within the last 3 months and your results are negative, you will need to test again after at least 3 months have passed since your possible exposure.
The time from HIV infection to when a test can correctly give a positive result is referred to as the “window period.”
Be sure to visit our Before you take a test page for information that will help prepare you to take the test, and for more information. You can call us using WhatsApp (876-308-0198) (876-or at our Health Connect Jamaica office, 876-669-7349. You can also access our I’m Ready Jamaica app to make an appointment with a peer navigator