According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the accuracy of the two blood tests used to diagnose herpes breaks down as follows: The Western blot is considered the most accurate way to ...

The World Health Organization reports that 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 have herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the main cause of oral herpes, while an estimated 491 million people ages 15 ...