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A member asked:
You don't understand. if somebody had never been testwd for heroes antibodies and all of a sudden got a breakout u can't tell if recent or past?
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You can but: A recent attack can be verified by an elevated IgM to Herpes. However if the IgG antibody is also positive, then the infection is from the past although one cann't ascertain how far back the infection happened. For HSV I, nearly all people have been infected by it regardless of health status.
Answered 1/24/2015
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