[Association between HSV 2 antigen and colpocytologic finding (author's transl)].
Prophylactic gynecologic examinations were performed in 1440 women using colposcopy and vaginalcytology. A search for HSV antigen in cervical cells was performed HSV antigen was found in 12% of Pap I--II smears, in 41% of Pap III smears and in all cases of Pap IV--V. It is suggested that there is a probable association between HSV 2 and cervical cancer.
D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears
D000956:Antigens, Viral
Zusammenhang zwischen HSV-2-Antigen und Befunden der Kolpozytologie.