title: Antibodies to herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2: a comparative study using indirect haemagglutination in carcinoma of the cervix and in other malignant conditions.
abstract: The authors used a technique of indirect haemagglutination to compare levels of antibody to Herpesvirus simplex types 1 and 2 in groups of patients with carcinoma of the cervix, together with other malignant conditions and in comparison to controls. A significant difference in the mean titre of antibody to type 2 virus is revealed between the carcinoma group and the B controls. The significance of the antibody assays is assessed by a study of the specificity of the antibodies found and by an assay of antibody which cross reacts with Herpesvirus simplex type 1.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*