Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann The herpes IgG test is a blood test used to diagnose ...

and about one-fifth are positive for HSV-2. These two factors contribute to the risk for sexual transmission and therefore to the risk of late-pregnancy acquisition of HSV. Most neonatal herpes ...

It is simple, rapid, and inexpensive, but has a high rate of false negatives and does ... type-specific antibody testing for HSV-2 (Figure 1). A positive HSV-2 serologic test does not exclude ...