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Just as the person who posted previous to you, I would bet lots of money that you are NOT infected with HSV 2. At these low level positives (and now you have a negative), it is extremely unlikely you are infected with HSV 2. It is likely a slight cross reaction with HSV 1, I suspect. If you were newly infected with HSV 2, I would expect subsequent values to be higher, not lower or negative. I doubt that retesting with the ELISA test is going to help you sort this out. I think your latest negative test is accurate. However, sometimes in this kind of situation, people worry, they perseverate about the previous low positive. In your case, the only thing I’m worried about it the dosing of the antiviral therapy. How much have you taken since any worrying encounter (which would be any of the three partners). If you take enough, it can interfere with antibody development.
Overall, if I were you, I probably get a herpes western blot because I am a worrier, but many people would not, probably most people and be happy with the negative.
Let me know about the meds.
Terri