Recrudescent herpes simplex genitalis : a clinical study

摘要: Sanderson, Judy Smith, M.S., July 1981 Microbiology Recrudescent Herpes Simplex Genitalis: A Clinical Study (83 pp.) . , I Director: Marilynn F. Waite ' ■ < group of 30 women with tentative diagnoses herpes simplex genitalis was studied for six months. The were cultured weekly herpesvirus from their cervixes, vaginal walls and suspect lesions. Serum samples antibody determinations obtained the at various times. Each woman reported presence factors which previous workers had suggested might affect recurrent including menstrual cycle, sexual activity subjectively defined stresses. study determined that five participating in investigation probably lacked infections, despite diagnoses. Another did not provide sufficient data analysis. information 20 statistically analyzed to determine influences on genitalis. All shed asymptomatically during study. only parameter influenced asymptomatic this subjective stress. Menstrual or birth control methods showed no correlation disease. Serological cast doubt current concept low titers II may be presumed have been infected it.