i may have been infected with herpes on may 23 ( it is july 15 now). if i do have herpes, my first outbreak would have started last week. it ended this week. i was going to get a herpes blood test tomorrow but do you think that a blood test would be accurate? i have read that it take a while for the antibodies to show up in ones blood so Im not sure if the test would be accurate tomorrow. what do you think?
Hello mentioned that you may have got infection i.e. herpes. The period of infection after contact with an infected person either VIRUS is 1-26 days (median 6-8 days) . Herpes simplex viruses i.e. HSV-1 & HSV-2. Herpes Zoster Viruses and Human herpes viruses. In my opinion you want to know about HIV, so note down. Western blot is the most commonly used confirmatory test and detects antibodies to HIV antigens of specific molecular weights. Antibodies to HIV BEGINS to appear within 2 weeks of infection and not later than > 3 months. So it is clear that after 2 WEEKS but not later than 3 MONTHS. Hope this will be useful for you.