A Seroepidemiologic Survey of the Prevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in the United States
- 6 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 321 (1) , 7-12
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198907063210102
Abstract
The prevalence of infection with the genital herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) has been difficult to ascertain, primarily because of the large percentage of subclinical cases and the limitations in specificity of serologic assays for antibody to HSV-2. To obtain an improved estimate of the distribution of HSV-2 infection in the United States, we used an HSV type-specific antibody assay to test serum samples from 4201 participants in the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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