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I was in a relationship with a women with hsv-1 and hsv-2 for 3 years. I had been tested before so i know i didn't have it. For 2 of those three years we had  unprotected sex on average 3 times a week. I have never had any symptoms. We our no longer together and am wondering what our the odds of me having this now? Gonna get tested after three months. Also will having herpes increase the odds of a false positive on hiv elisa test?
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55646 tn?1263660809
No, you don't need to inform future partners.    You can only do the best you can do, right?  And you've done that.
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Well I just tested negative 4 months after last exposure for herpes 1 and 2 with the herpes select after being with a girl who was positive for 3 years. Should I inform future partners? I worry im one of the few  who has it and doesn't test positive since i was with her for so long and unprotected much of the time.
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The 4% average is based on 2 intercourses per week and variable condom use, most people didn't use them well.
Male to female is about 10%, with the same circumstances.

Terri
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what is the rate  from male to female?  4% seems very low from female to male, I  never knew that
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Do I understand you correct Terri?
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I do plan on testing again 3 or 4 months after we were last together. I've mentally prepared myself to be positive for it. So its only a 4% transmission rate a year for females to males? Even unprotected?
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I do plan on testing for it 3 or 4 months after the last time I was with her. So its only a 4% chance of transmission a year without condoms?
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55646 tn?1263660809
OK, if you tested negative 3 years ago, I can't provide you much reassurance.  I believe that you will need to test again for more certainty.  But the annual transmission rate is 4% from females to males, so it certainly isn't a given that you are infected.


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I tested negative 3 years ago at the begining of the relationship. So I'm wondering what the odds are that I'm still negative considering she had it the whole time and we had unprotected sex over the course of 2 years.
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If you test negative after three months, you should be fine.  I don't know when your last test was that was negative, so I'm not sure how much reassurance to provide for you.  Having herpes will not change or alter the results of an HIV test, no, absolutely not.  

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