[Question #4019] HSV-2 Testing

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84 months ago
This question is for H. Hunter Handsfield MD

Is is possible to identify a particular HSV-2 gene in a person and whether or not that person gave it to another person?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
84 months ago
I answer the herpes questions on this forum.
What you are talking about is genetic fingerprintng.  While this can be done, I am not aware of any location that will do this to sort out who gave what to whom.  The only circumstances I am aware of in which this has been done is identifying child sexual abuse and the abuser.

Terri
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