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I don’t believe there is any real concern about the WB coming back positive for HSV 2, but as you may know, the IgG test misses 8% of HSV 2 infections so it is theoretically possible if you’ve ever had intercourse in your lifetime (before 2020).And kissing someone who has genital HSV 2 is not a risk factor for the acquisition of HSV 2.
If you have no herpes lesions in the urethra at the time of a urine test, it will be negative. But people who have herpes aren’t always shedding virus from the urethra so that test is more like a poor swab test than an antibody test that can detect infection even when no shedding is happening.
A positive western blot for HSV 1 will tell you only that you have HSV 1, not where.
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Terri