Genital herpes infection in outpatients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Italy
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 4 (3) , 386-388
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00148930
Abstract
Prevalence of Herpes Simplex, type 2, specific antibodies was estimated in sexually transmitted disease outpatients: 783 heterosexuals and 158 homosexual-bisexuals. The anti-HSV-2 prevalence rates were 69% in the homosexual-bisexuals and 35% in the heterosexuals. In both groups positive association with age of anti-HSV-2 prevalence was found: only in the homosexual-bisexuals negative as sociation with education level was detected. No difference exists between the two groups regarding the symptomatic/asymptomatic ratio of HSV-2 infection.Keywords
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