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I got blood results with a positive hsv2 igg type specific ab with a 1.41 index and also a negative for hsv2 igg inhibition, elisa. which is right?
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You don't have HSV2: You apparently had the Focus HerpeSelect® antibody test. Although an index value of 1.1 or higher officially defines a positive HSV2 result, in fact low values like your often are false. (The test is reliably positive only with index values over 3.0.) The inhibition test is intended to sort out the truth. Your result shows you do not have HSV2. So all is well!
Answered 5/11/2019
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