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December 19, 2014 at 7:53 pm
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Terri Warren
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A western blot is only good for screening when plenty of time has passed, four months optimally. For HSV 1, the false negative rate is 10-20%, correct. For HSV 2 probably more like 3%
Your Bioplex was not Captia, that is a completely different test. But close enough in terms of understanding, yes.
Terri