Underdiagnosis of Genital Herpes by Current Clinical and Viral-Isolation Procedures
Open Access
- 4 June 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 326 (23) , 1533-1539
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199206043262305
Abstract
The current clinical strategy for diagnosing genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in women relies on clinical findings plus the selective use of viral culture. The effectiveness of this approach for identifying women with genital herpes is unknown.Keywords
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