Table 1.

Comparison of HerpeSelect^™ and Kalon^™ test results with resolver Western Blot test for HSV-2 (WB) among 210 South African sera.

HerpeSelect test result	Kalon test result	Number and % of samples		Number tested with resolver test (WB)	Number and % positive with resolver test (WB)
Positive	Positive	138	66%	44	41	93%
Positive	Negative	301	14%	19	9	47%
Negative	Positive	0	0%	0	0	0%
Negative	Negative	422	20%	35	2	6%
Total		210	100.0%	98	52	53%

¹includes samples with equivocal Kalon^™ result

²includes samples with equivocal HerpeSelect ® result