) genitally 20 years ago, and aside from the initial outbreak have never again seen it there. However, I have had oral outbreaks every .5 to 1.5 years since then.
Through an awful miscommunication regarding our statuses, I ended up kissing my new partner on several occasions, and recently received unprotected oral sex
- now we're both very worried that she may have contracted it from me.
Recently I had a blood test for both HSV-1 and HSV-2 using a "real-time (PCR) amplification of the HSV glycoprotein B gene", and was surprised that the results for both strains
(s) of HSV am I likely to have, given the nature of my outbreaks (once genitally and recurring orally)? Is there a more conclusive test than the one above, considering that it's apparently wrong about at least one strain
the pcr blood test, was a waste of your time and money. You needed a type specific herpes igg blood test. pcr only looks for actual herpes. herpes is not blood borne so a pcr blood test on an adult is useless.