Reply To: herpes incubation period

[Terri Warren]

Sorry, I misunderstood the timing of the HSV test. A final HSV test that occurs 4 month or more after the contact would be adequate. If I am reading this correctly, you are five months out so now should be adequate. We don’t know if soap and/or hand washing does anything to reduce the risk of herpes or not. My opinion is that it certainly does’t hurt. This study has not been done.

Again, we know nothing about how Truvada would impact HSV infection possibilities OR the likelihood of a symptomatic presentation vs. asymptomatic infection. Sorry I can’t help you more with that question.

Terri