So the 2.6 IgG index value is in what we call the low positive range. In this range, half of the positives are false positives, so your test definitely needs confirmation. I seriously doubt that if you have new herpes that you acquired it eight days before testing. I just think the value is too high.
Having said that, you waited 13 weeks for your antibody test the first time and it’s possible, if the 2.6 is a true positive, that you were in the process of serconverting then and just didn’t wait quite long enough for a final test.
In the end, I think you are going to need to get a western blot antibody test from the University of WAshington because I suspect if you do the ELIsA again, it will be in approximately in the same range. But you sure can try it again. If you do the western blot, you should wait 16 weeks from the encounter to do it.
Is that helpful
Terri