title: Herpes simplex virus in patients with aphthous ulcers in Bangkok.
abstract: Fifty-two paired sera and 40 single sera and swabs from the aphthous like ulcers of the tongue, gum, and buccal mucosa were collected from patients at a private clinic and from workers of canned fish packaging company in an attempt to isolate herpes simplex virus. Sixty-eight percent had positive HVH isolation with high ELISA antibody titers. Among 52 paired sera from patients, 68.4% had recurrent infections and 31.6% had primary infection.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013283:Stomatitis, Herpetic / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral