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Well, if it is actually 1.10 then it is just barely but technically positive. So two things could be going on here with your HSV 1 value:
1) it could be a false positive since it is just barely over the cutoff point
2) you really do have HSV 1 and test test is just barely picking it up. The HSV 1 screening test is not great. So once again, if you really want to know your HSV 1 status, the western blot is the way to go.
The cutoffs are the same for HSV 2 as they are for HSV 2, even though they are not listed on your lab form, which is pretty odd that they are not.
If you decide to do the western blot, we can help you at the clinic to obtain this with a blood draw near you or you can contact the UW lab directly to have a kit shipped to you and your health care provider can draw it and ship it back to UW.
If you are really sick of not knowing what is really going on, that is my suggestion.
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Terri