title: [Characteristics of herpes genitalis in university women].
abstract: We analyzed 33 patients with herpes genitalis diagnosed at a student medical outpatient facility. 42% corresponded to a first herpetic infection. The HSV-1 was present in 43% of cases, the HSV-2 in the rest. Recurrence of infection was present in 39.5% of patients, 70% of them due to HSV-2. There was a relatively high rate of asymptomatic couples who were the source of primary herpetic infection.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, (División Norte), Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suárez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Briones
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aliaga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Del Solar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grunberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Diego
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013334:Students
vernacular_title: Características del herpes genital en mujeres universitarias.