title: [Prevalence of herpetic infection in a female Chilean population].
abstract: The prevalence of the herpes simplex virus infection was investigated in a chilean female population. During 1981 and 1985 a number of 1,003 women were analyzed through serological methods. A 29.1% of the group referred past history of oral herpes and 59.4% of these presented 1 to 2 recurrent episodes a year. The high prevalence of this infection in our population is shown when detecting that a 91.4% of the female population had antiherpes simplex antibodies and the titer of this antibodies were in direct correlation to the antecent of recurrent clinical herpes and to the frequency of these episodes.
authors.affiliation: Fac. de Medicina, Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Luchsinger
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Aranda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006560:Herpes Labialis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000453:epidemiology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Prevalencia de la infeccion herpetica en población femenina Chilena.