[Genital herpes infection in Chilean female university students].
This article reports on the prevalence of genital herpes infection in a sample of 635 female university students who were seen at the Gynecology Center of the University of Chile Student Medical Service. Viral isolation of genital secretions yielded 18 students (2.8%) with positive results, of whom 28% were asymptomatic shedders. Of the positive cases, 61% were clinically classified as recurrent and 39% as first episodes of genital herpes. Fluorescent monoclonal antibody typing of the isolated strains revealed that 72% were herpes simplex type 2 and 28% were type 1. The results confirm the importance of type 2 virus in genital herpes infections. They also point to asymptomatic shedders as a potential source of infection, and show the importance of a history of genital herpes in the identification of this population.
Suárez
M
M
Briones
H
H
Dubinovsky
S
S
Aliaga
P
P
Alarcón
G
G
de Diego
S
S
Grünberg
A
A
del Solar
E
E
D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000302:isolation & purification
Infección genital herpética en estudiantes universitarias Chilenas.