i am a male. on aug 27th i had protected sex and recieved unprotected oral sex from a woman. on sept. 14th (18 days after our encounter) she began to have symptoms and on sept 19th she swab tested positive for hsv2. between our encounter and her symptoms she was with "multiple" partners. i dont know this woman well but the fact that she reached out to me makes me feel like what she tells me is believeable. i have not had any hsv2 syptoms. i thought in the days following her telling me her diagnoses i had itching or tingling, but im pretty sure it was all in my head now. the rest i think a timeline would make the most sense of it. 

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thanks for the reply. i also want to add that when her sores were swab tested positive on sept. 19, her hsv2 antibody was negative at that time. then 3 months later her antibody was positive. does this hint at an initial infection? do you see any reason for me to be tested again (most recent test at 17.5 weeks)? based on everything is this something that i should disclose to a future partner? thanks

Yes, this indicates a new infection.  More evidence this wasn't from you. I see no need to test again nor should you feel the need to disclose all of this to any future partners.---

thank you for the reassurance. i was certain she did not contract hsv2 from me. given the timeline i was more concerned with the possibility that i contracted hsv2 from her. just to wrap it up.................. given that she most likely had an initial infection, last partner before me was 10 days, and then her outbreak was 18 days after me. i have 17.5 week negative test. can i be confident i am not infected? do you recommend i move on? thank you so much for your time. take care.

The IgG test picks up 92% of HSV 2 infections compared to the western blot, so that's very good.  I suspect that she was infected about 5-7 days prior to her outbreak so that's well after your contact with her.---