Predeominace of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 from Patients with Genital Herpes in Nova Scotia
The epidemiology of genital herpes is changing with evidence to suggest an increasing incidence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infections. The results of 6529 HSV genital cultures taken between April 1998 and December 2001 were reviewed. Overall, HSV-1 was recovered more often than HSV-2; 12...
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| description | The epidemiology of genital herpes is changing with evidence to suggest an increasing incidence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infections. The results of 6529 HSV genital cultures taken between April 1998 and December 2001 were reviewed. Overall, HSV-1 was recovered more often than HSV-2; 1213 versus 1045. This trend was particularly striking in young women 30 years of age or less, in whom 70.8% of isolates were HSV-1. In men of the same age range, 45% of isolates were HSV-1. The proportion of women with HSV-1 declined from 73.7% in those younger than 31 years of age to 4.5% in those older than 60 years of age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd73f06b5c7a4ec7b53ce6fda268fd0d2022-12-22T03:57:53ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23322003-01-01142949610.1155/2003/168673Predeominace of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 from Patients with Genital Herpes in Nova ScotiaKevin R Forward0Spencer HS Lee1Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University and the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, Dalhousie University and the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaThe epidemiology of genital herpes is changing with evidence to suggest an increasing incidence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infections. The results of 6529 HSV genital cultures taken between April 1998 and December 2001 were reviewed. Overall, HSV-1 was recovered more often than HSV-2; 1213 versus 1045. This trend was particularly striking in young women 30 years of age or less, in whom 70.8% of isolates were HSV-1. In men of the same age range, 45% of isolates were HSV-1. The proportion of women with HSV-1 declined from 73.7% in those younger than 31 years of age to 4.5% in those older than 60 years of age.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/168673 |
| spellingShingle | Kevin R Forward Spencer HS Lee Predeominace of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 from Patients with Genital Herpes in Nova Scotia Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Predeominace of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 from Patients with Genital Herpes in Nova Scotia |
| title_full | Predeominace of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 from Patients with Genital Herpes in Nova Scotia |
| title_fullStr | Predeominace of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 from Patients with Genital Herpes in Nova Scotia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predeominace of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 from Patients with Genital Herpes in Nova Scotia |
| title_short | Predeominace of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 from Patients with Genital Herpes in Nova Scotia |
| title_sort | predeominace of herpes simplex virus type 1 from patients with genital herpes in nova scotia |
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