title: Seroepidemiological study of herpes viruses in Nepal.
abstract: The antibody positive rates among Nepalese, in a community, to herpes simplex virus (HSV), varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) were studied. Immune adherence hemagglutination test (for VZV) and complement fixation test (for HSV and CMV) were used to measure the antibodies. An 80% positive rate of anti-HSV antibodies was found in early childhood (1-4 years) that further increased with age (96.1% positive in greater than 15 years age). Only 25% of children 1-4 years old showed antibodies to VZV but the number of positives increased rapidly with age (82.9% in greater than 15 years age). Antibody against CMV was positive in all the subjects studied.
authors.affiliation: JICA Faculty, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007104:Immune Adherence Reaction; D007223:Infant; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies