Medically reviewed by Laura Young, MD Key Takeaways A positive herpes IgG test means you have a herpes infection or have had one in the past.The herpes IgG test detects antibodies, not the virus ...

Neighborhood News Reporter Jeydah Jenkins joined the KRIS 6 News Team in May 2025. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control estimates one out of every 8 people test positive for herpes, ...

Dr. Prince will provide an overview of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), including the distinctions between HSV-1 and HSV-2, their anatomical sites of infection, and the mechanisms underlying viral ...

Ever since BioNTech and its occasional corporate partner Pfizer announced they had developed an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, biotech researchers have salivated over the promise of using mRNA vaccines on ...

Under what clinical circumstances would you recommend serum herpes simplex virus (HSV) typing/testing? What information would you provide to a serum-positive but asymptomatic patient? —Adena Bargad, ...

Anal herpes is caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV) and is usually transmitted by anal sex but, in some cases, can also be transmitted through oral sex. During an outbreak, painful blisters appear ...

Palo Alto-based novel blood test company Theranos was granted a waiver from the FDA allowing the company to offer its first FDA-cleared blood test, its herpes simplex 1 virus IgG (HSV IgG) test, ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Theranos, Inc. (Theranos) today announced that its test and Theranos test system for the herpes simplex 1 virus IgG (HSV-1), which was cleared by the U.S. Food and ...

The classic laboratory methods for the detection and differentiation of HSV-1/2 and VZV, including Tzanck smear testing, viral culture, DFA testing and serologic testing, have been well documented in ...

Approximately two-thirds of the world's population under the age of 50 years have oral or genital herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) infection, while one in eight have herpes simplex type 2 (HSV-2) ...