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I am doubted about whether I am having herpes or not? Can I do pcr test? Can we do pcr test with blood?
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Yes you can do the test.
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Yes pcr is done with blood. Polymerase chain reaction (pcr) test. As with the viral culture, your doctor swabs or scrapes a sample from one of your sores. A lab gets the sample and looks for genes from the herpes virus. Pcr test results usually come back to you within 24 hours.
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