Hello. Thank you for writing to us at healthcaremagic The test result suggests that you are infected with the virus, though you don t show any active lesions of it. Herpes virus once acquired stays inside the body for the rest of life. The virus stays dormant inside the body. However, from time to time the virus may start multiplying and then forms skin lesions. During an active episode which suggest active viral multiplication, body may produce IgM antibodies, however, at other times the body usually has circulating IgG antibodies and it suggests an old infection that was acquired sometimes in the past and is dormant. Since in your case the result has come back as positive for herpes virus but not active, therefore you must have only had circulating IgG and was negative for IgM at that time. Regards