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There is a blood test available that can detect antibodies to the virus, however this test cannot tell whether a person has an active genital herpes infection. The blood test can only determine whether a person has been previously infected by HSV and has produced antibodies to the virus. Although antibodies are present they do not protect a person from subsequent outbreaks of herpes. This blood test also cannot distinguish between oral or genital herpes. New blood tests which have the ability to distinguish between HSV type 1 and 2 are currently developed, however they are not available to the general physician population and are used mainly in research hospitals. From: http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/herpesgenital1/a/genitalherpes_2.htm HSV means Herpes simplex virus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus
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