I have seen false negatives, yes. We know that the IgG test misses cases of both HSV 1 and HSV 2. It is not perfect, but for HSV 2, it picks up 92% of infections compared to the western blot
Terri
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I have seen false negatives, yes. We know that the IgG test misses cases of both HSV 1 and HSV 2. It is not perfect, but for HSV 2, it picks up 92% of infections compared to the western blot
Terri