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False oral positives in presence of oral herpes May 3, 1999 Is there interaction that could cause a false positive oral test for HIV if the subject has active oral herpes? What are the percentage of false positives in general for oral HIV tests? |
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| Response from Dr. Holodniy
 Very good question, but unlikely given the molecular sequence differences between the viruses. False positive rates for this test are probably less than 1 in 1000. MH | ||||||||
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