Reply To: Herpes Whitlow › Forums › Herpes Questions › Herpes Whitlow › Reply To: Herpes Whitlow January 24, 2015 at 2:07 am #3220 Terri WarrenKeymaster I believe that 12-16 weeks is more accurate. The reports from the University of Washington for western blot clearly states 16 weeks. Again, this sounds nothing like herpetic whitlow to me. Terri