title: Seroprevalence of HSV1 and HSV2 infections in family planning clinic attenders.
abstract: Few studies from India documented seroprevalence of HSV 1 and 2 infection in different population groups. We determined HSV 1 and 2 seroprevalence in a cohort of adults 16-40 year of age, attending the family planning clinic. For the overall study population, 63% were seropositives, 33.3% for HSV 1 alone. 16.6% for HSV 2 and 13.3% had mixed infection. By the statistical analysis, the mean age difference between the two sexes for either infection was not significant. HSV-2 seroprevalence was associated with an increasing age. Men were more likely than women to be seropositive for HSV2. More studies from India are required to coroborate our findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Baveja
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral