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How soon after exposure to hsv 1/2 would it take for the test to convert to igg?
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HSV immune response: Anti-hsv igm usually appears during the first 4 weeks of infection with hsv and persist for months. Igg usually follows soon after igm usually >8 weeks after initial infection but the lines are lines are blurred. Igm can persist indefinately or recur so it cannot be used to give estimate of a recent acquisition of hsv infection unless no igg is present. There are also false positives with test'g.
Answered 7/29/2013
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