title: [Molecular epidemiologic investigation on HSV infection among married women at childbearing age].
abstract: By PCR and ELISA, an investigation on HSV infection of cervix was carried out among 120 married women. The results indicated that the total infection rate was 23.3% (28/120). In HSV infection of cervix, HSV-2 constituted 89.3%. The positive rate of HSV in the cervicitis group and normal control group was 28.9% (26/90) and 6.7% (2/30), respectively, showing a marked difference: the positive rate in the group from 21 to 30 years old was 16.7% (7/43), from 31 to 40 was 34.6% (9/26); the positive rate in the group from rural areas was 30.8% (16/52), in the group from city was 17.6% (2/18).
authors.affiliation: Military Medical Research Institute of Nunjing Command of PLA, Nanjing.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral