I had asked about NAAT window periods in the past for chlamydia and gonorrhea. We now have a discreet online test we can do in BC Canada and they use either urine PCR or urine antigen rather than NAAT.  What is the window period for those 2 tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia. I would like to go at 14 days post exposure.  Is that enough with those types of testing?  

Thanks so much!

I recommend against the antigen test, which is more likely than NAAT both to miss an existing infection or to be falsely positive. NAATs clearly are superior. (PCR is one kind of NAAT.) We discussed the NAAT window periods for gonorrhea and chlamydia in your previous thread 7 months ago, 2-5 days (probably 2-3 days for gonorrhea and 4-5 days for chlamydia). Testing 2 weeks after exposure is fine for either infection.

Regards--   HHH, MD