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Testing positive for HSV-2/confusion with herpes zoster?
Posted by: Peter
Date: June 8, 2009 10:46 PM

I recently tested positive for HSV-2, after taking the IgG test, which resulted in a score of 5.34. The HSV-1 was negative under the same test. I had an occurence of herpes zoster twenty years ago. Under the IgG test, is the antibody being tested for ever false due to the varicella zoster virus in my body?



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Re: Testing positive for HSV-2/confusion with herpes zoster?
Posted by: Dr. Kennedy
Date: June 9, 2009 12:12 AM

The accepted medical opinion is that varicella does not give a false positive HSV-2. Sometimes a person with a positive HSV-1 will get a false positive HSV-2, but you are saying your HSV-1 is negative.

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