Herpesvirus hominis type 2 infection in Ibadan. Problem of non-venereal transmission.
Examination of sera from blood donors, from patients attending a special treatment clinic, a family planning clinic, and an antenatal clinic showed that the prevalence of herpes virus hominis type 2 antibodies among the adult population in Ibadan is similar to that in other parts of the world. The possibility of non-venereal transmission of herpes virus infection was confirmed by the finding that herpesvirus hominis type 2 could survive on cloth samples under humid tropical conditions for long enough to allow transmission of infection via fomites.
D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003020:Clothing; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology; D013045:Species Specificity
D000914:Antibodies, Viral