Recurrent Genital Herpes in a Population Attending a Clinic for Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Recurrent genital herpes in a population attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases.
Patients with recurrent genital herpes attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic were studied and transmission of the infection was elucidated by evaluating serostatus in their partners. Of 84 patients attending for recurrent genital herpes, 94% had a herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection and only 6% (5 patients) a type 1 infection. The mean age of the patients was 36 years and th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato-Venereologica
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.1080/00015550120755