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To hsv2, pcr from ulcer is positive. 2month later the blood test is negative. which one to believe. is 2month blood test long enough to reject pcr?
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Herpes: The pcr test is right, especially since you had a lesion. The antibodies can be real slow to develop and can take three to six months to mature.
Answered 3/31/2014
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