[Question #10802] Herpes test results

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19 months ago
So I received my test results for herpes 1 & 2. Herpes 1 being .032 on the index scale and herpes 2 being .070. Does this count as a positive test result, meaning that I do intact have herpes? 
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
19 months ago
No, these are completely negative results, both of them.  You are probably wondering because the values aren't zero, but they never are zero. They always have some value associated with the negative result, but these are very clearly negative. Good news!

Terri
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