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Jimmy Owens - 24 Mar 2005 00:51 GMT

Are Herpes Specific Western Blot test still available? I heard University
Of Washington was the only lab that could do the testing and the quit doing
them.

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SweptUnder - 24 Mar 2005 01:44 GMT

Trust me, they are still available. I just called U of W today and spoke
with someone in the lab to see how to go about getting one done myself.
It costs about $105 and will take about a week for them to get the results
back to your doctor. It's just a bit of pain because you have to get some
extra paper-work done, and you have to ensure that the lab that draws your
blood has the proper packing material (according to the U of W's
specifications) to send it over to them.

Check out this webpage and scroll down to "where can i get tested?"

http://depts.washington.edu/herpes/

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Grant - 24 Mar 2005 03:09 GMT

A week for results? Really? It was three weeks exactly for me. But that was
awhile ago.

ar

>Trust me, they are still available. I just called U of W today and spoke
>with someone in the lab to see how to go about getting one done myself.
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>http://depts.washington.edu/herpes/

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melicia.laroco@gmail.com - 17 Apr 2005 07:47 GMT

Is there anyway to get this done out of state?

> A week for results? Really? It was three weeks exactly for me. But that was
> awhile ago.
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> >http://depts.washington.edu/herpes/

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M2slo2cht@nospam.invalid - 17 Apr 2005 16:39 GMT

Yes. Go to the site that SweptUnder posted (quoted below). Click on
the "Herpes Q&A button, then click on "Where can I get tested?"
You can have your blood drawn anywhere you'd like (in state, out of
state, wherever) and the sample will be shipped to the lab at the U of
Wash.
M2

melicia writes:

>Is there anyway to get this done out of state?

Grant wrote:

>> A week for results? Really? It was three weeks exactly for me. But
>that was awhile ago.

SweptUnder says...

>>>Trust me, they are still available. I just called U of W today and
>spoke
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>> >
>> >http://depts.washington.edu/herpes/

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Grant - 17 Apr 2005 17:25 GMT

Absolutely, and to add, you will need paper signed by your doctor, but you can
pretty much spearhead the whole thing yourself. I basically did it all myself.

ar

>Yes. Go to the site that SweptUnder posted (quoted below). Click on
>the "Herpes Q&A button, then click on "Where can I get tested?"
>You can have your blood drawn anywhere you'd like (in state, out of
>state, wherever) and the sample will be shipped to the lab at the U of
>Wash.
>M2

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