Incidence and distribution of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 from genital lesions in college women.
During a 9-month period, 9,772 women were treated at the student health center's gynecology clinic. Herpes simplex virus was isolated from 30 of 57 patients clinically diagnosed as suffering from a herpetic or herpetic-like genial infection for a virological incidence rate of 0.31%. Using virus plaque diameter in chick embryo cells and heat stability of viral thymidine kinase, 37% of the isolates were classified as herpes simplex virus type 1 and 63% were classified as herpes simplex virus type 2.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000382:microbiology*; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000382:microbiology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013334:Students; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism
D013937:Thymidine Kinase