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A member asked:

He said it's not genital herpes i just wanted too kno don't sometimes the test be false positive? because it's hard too believe i got it

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

Test results: You live in Baltimore, MD. Go to the Johns Hopkins clinic and you can be pretty sure that you will get a correct answer to your question.

Dr Feola agreed

Answered 10/22/2015

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