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What Does My Lab Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 2 Sep 2015

Question: If I have a test result for HSV1 Result 26.70 and HSV 2 Result >23.60 is this negative or positive?

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Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (44 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please upload the report

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

different labs may use different cutoff values for various tests, so the original report should mention the values. I (or anybody else) can't say whether the values you've mentioned are positive or negative without knowing the lab's normal range for this test and which test it is!

The lab doctor should mark the results as positive or negative. Please upload the report and I'll be glad to provide the answers you're looking for...

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (2 hours later)

I wish to know whether the results are negative or positive? If positive, was the virus contracted recently or sometime ago?

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
they're positive

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

thanks for the report!
The results are definitely positive.
The IgG antibody needs some time to develop which may vary from a couple of weeks to a month (this is an approximation). When the IgG is positive we know that the patient had contact with HSV but we don't know when. If the titers are rising between two samples (4-fold increase after a month) then the infection is recent. Recent infections are usually accompanied by symptoms (the characteristic skin or mucosal lesions).

Please contact me again, if you'd like further details.

Kind Regards!

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar