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Can you find out if you have herpes from a pap smear?
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No: The best way to diagnose genital herpes is with a culture of an active herpetic lesion. The value of pap smears is the ability to look for high risk for cervical cancer, or even the cancer itself. This cancer is linked to the hpv virus, not herpes.
Answered 9/26/2016
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