Predictors of undiagnosed herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity among persons attending an HIV care clinic.
We evaluated herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) sero- positivity in an HIV clinic- based population with CD4 lymphocytes counts ≥250 cells/μL and no previous knowledge of HSV-2 infection by history of serology. We demonstrate that although the seroprevalence of HSV-2 is higher in this HIV-infected population, predictors of HSV-2 seropositivity are similar to those in the general population.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. nvw@uab.edu
Nicholas J
NJ
Van Wagoner
Elizabeth
E
Brown
Richard
R
Whitley
Edward W
EW
Hook
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