I have never in 32 years of practice seen someone who was exposed 8 days ago have a value this high. I think that’s all I can really say about this. If UW says they have never seen it either, then I think the chances are excellent that this does not reflect the most recent encounter. I doubt that you framing the question is a different way will make a difference in my response. I really want to be helpful to you but as you know, I will never say never or always when it comes to herpes. I don’t think doing another ELISA test would be helpful, no. I think your ELISA values will likely stay about the same. They will vary a little, based on the control that they are run against, but that won’t really mean anything at this point, I don’t believe.
Terri