Quest Diagnostics Herpes Results. Clinical manifestations include genital tract infections neonatal herpes meningoencephalitis keratoconjunctivitis and gingivostomatitis. Unless you have suspciion for herpes this inhibition test confirms negative.
The Nurse Practicioner said that I have herpes. Clinical Background return to contents. J Clin Lab Anal.
J Clin Lab Anal.
Clinical Background return to contents. A small percentage of samples with low-positive index values in the HSV-2 IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA are actually false-positive results1 The HSV-2 IgG inhibition assay is a method for distinguishing such false-positive results from true-positive results. Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and 2 DNA Qualitative Real-Time PCR - DNA testing is analytically more sensitive than culture especially in patients with encephalitis or meningitis. The quantitative range of this assay is 100-2000000 copiesmL.