HSV2 false/positive

[Hope2023]

I have HSV1 since I was 9 or 10. I’m 47F

I got tested for HSV2 and came back positive at 1.54 (quest diagnostic).

I did the confirmation test with quest and got HSV2 IGG, type specific AB 3.02 H and HSV 2 IGG inhibition, IA 3.61 ; %inhibition at 96.3 H.

I have no symptoms and I’ve never had an outbreak for genital herpes. I have an outbreak for HSV1 once a year.

I had unprotected sex, including oral sex (both of us) for approx 3 months from Aug- Oct of last year. He got tested and came back negative for HSV2 and inconclusive for HSV1.

I had protected sex (condom) (no oral) one time at Thanksgiving with a different partner. I had no sex since then.

Questions

1) should I do the WB test or are the results for the second test conclusive?

2) since the Aug-Oct partner tested negative for HSV2, did I get it from the Thanksgiving partner? Or is it possible I got it from him since we had oral sex and he tested inconclusive for HSV1?

[Terri Warren]

Do the western blot. We’ve seen false positives on both the IgG test and the Inhibition assay. You could be infected but since this is a lifelong condition, wouldn’t you want to know with the highest degree of certainty?

Terri

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