Is sexual transmission an important pattern for herpes simplex type 2 virus seroconversion in the spanish general population?

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-197

  García Corbeira, Pilar ^a   Dal Ré, Rafael ^a   Aguilar, Lorenzo ^a   Granizo, Juan José ^a   García De Lomas, Juan ^b,c  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Valenciano de Microbiologia   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Herpes simplex type 2 virus; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPAIN; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; VIRUS SHEDDING;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX TYPE 2 VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 17944398873     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199910)59:2<194::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Ades AE, Peckham CS, Dale GE, Best JM, Jeansson S. 1989. Prevalence of antibodies to Herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 in pregnant women, and estimated rates of infection. J Epidemiol Commun Health 43:53-56.
2. Ashley RL, Militoni J, Lee F, Nahmias A, Corey L. 1988. Comparison of Western blot (Immunoblot) and glycoprotein G-specific immunodot enzyme assay for detecting HSV-1 and HSV-2 antibodies in human sera. J Clin Microbiol 26:662-667.
3. Corey L, Spear PG. 1986. Infections with herpes simplex viruses. N Engl J Med 31:686-691, 749-757.
4. Cowan FM, Johnson AM, Ashley R, Corey L, Mindel A. 1994. Antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2 as serological marker of sexual lifestyle in populations. Br Med J 309:1325-1329.
5. De Sanjosé S, Muñoz N, Bosch FX, Reimann K, Pedersen NS, Orfila J, Ascunce N, González LC, Tafur L, Gili M, Lette I, Viladiu P, Tormo MJ, Moreo P, Shah K, Wahren B. 1994. Sexually transmitted agents and cervical neoplasia in Colombia and Spain. Int J Cancer 56:358-363.
6. Fleming DT, McQuilan GM, Johnson RE, Nahmias AJ, Sevgi OA, Francis KL, St Louis ME. 1997. Herpes simplex virus type 2 in the United States, 1976 to 1994. N Engl J Med 337:1105-311.
7. Forsgren M, Skoog E, Jeansson S, Olofsson S, Giesecke J. 1994. Prevalence of antibodies to Herpes simplex virus in pregnant women in Stockholm in 1969, 1983 and 1989: implications for STD epidemiology. Int J STD and AIDS 5:113-116.
8. García-Corbeira P, Aguilar L, Dal-Ré R, Hogrefe W, García-de-Lomas J, Gil A, Bayas JM, González A. 1997. Non-recombinant vs. type specific protein HSV-2 assays for seroprevalence studies: Which one to choose? 35th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. San Francisco, CA. Abstract 299.
9. García-Corbeira P, Hogrefe W, Aguilar L, Dal-Ré R, Boceta R, García de Lomas J, Agüanell V, Ballesteros J, Varela JA, Bayas JM, Gil A. 1998. Evaluation of three serological assays for the detection of Herpes simplex virus type 2 specific antibodies in human sera. Second European Congress of Chemotherapy. Hamburg. Abstract T315.
10. Gómez Gerique JA, Gutiérrez JA, Porres A, Lopez D, Montoya T. 1994. The Spanish diet and cardiovascular risk factors study (DRECE), I: Lipid profiles. Athero 109:16 (abstract).
11. Johnson RE, Nahmias AJ, Magder LS, Lee FK, Brooks CA, Snowden CB. 1989. A seroepidemiologic survey of the prevalence of Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in the United States. N Engl J Med 321:7-12.
12. Kjaer SK, Engholm G, Teisen C, Haugaard BJ, Lynge E, Christensen RB, Moller A, Jensen H, Poll P, Vestergaard BF, de Villiers EM, Jensen OM. 1990. Risk factors for cervical human papillomavirus and Herpes simplex virus infections in Greenland and Denmark: a population-based study. Am J Epidemiol 131:669-682.
13. Kjaer SK, de Villiers EM, çaglayan H, Svare E, Haugaard BJ, Engholm G, Christensen RB, Moller KA, Poll P, Jensen H, Vestergaard BF, Linge E, Jensen OM. 1993. Human papillomavirus, Herpes simplex virus and other potential risk factors for cervical cancer in a high-risk area (Greenland) and low-risk area (Denmark): a second look. Br J Cancer 167:830-837.
14. Mertz GJ. 1993. Epidemiology of genital herpes infections. Infect Dis Clin N Am 7:825-839.
15. Mertz GJ, Benedetti J, Ashley R, Selke SA, Corey L. 1992. Risk factors for the sexual transmission of genital herpes. Ann Int Med 116:197-202.
16. Mindel A. 1998. Genital Herpes-how much of a public-health problem? Lancet 351:16-18.
17. Nahmias AJ, Lee FK, Beckman-Nahmias S. 1990. Sero-epidemiological and sociological patterns of Herpes simplex virus infection in the world. Scand J Infect Dis 69:19-36.
18. Ory F, Pachón I, Echevarría JM, Ramírez R. 1997. Seroepidemiological study of Herpes simplex virus in a female population in the Autonomous Region of Madrid (Spain). International Congress of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Seville, Spain. Abstract P485.
19. Straus SE. 1995. Introduction to Herpeviridae. In Mandell GL, Bennet JE, Dolin R, editors. Principles and practice of infectious diseases, Vol. 2. New York: Churchill Livingstone. p 1330-1336.
20. Vizcaíno MJ, Tabarés E, Rey Calero J. 1987. Prevalencia de la infección por virus Herpes simplex tipo 2 (VHS-2) en una población de primigestas. Revista Espan Microbiol Clín 309-312.
21. Wald A, Zeh J, Selke, Ashley R, Corey L. 1995. Virological characteristics of subclinical and symptomatic genital herpes infections. N Engl J Med 333:770-775.