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- Title
Seroprevalence of Herpes simplex virus 1 & 2 in high risk behavior individuals in a tertiary care centre.
- Authors
Wani, Sanam; Farhana, Anjum; Pattnaik, Sasmita; Nasir, Riyaz; Fazli, Tawhida; Zahoor, Danish; Mohiuddin, Zahoor; Rashid, Kulsuma
- Abstract
Asian data about herpes simplex virus (HSV) seroprevalence is sparse and often lower prevalence of the same has been reported especially of HSV-2. Objectives : To ascertain seroprevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 in individuals with high risk behavior who attended Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC) for HIV testing and to compare it with the control group. Within high risk behavior group also we compared the seroprevalence of HSV-1 and 2 between HIV positive and HIV negative individuals. Methods: The study included 300 individuals with high risk behavior attending ICTC centre and diagnostic serology for HSV-1 and HSV-2 was simultaneously done in addition to the routine HIV testing. 300 age and sex matched samples were also taken from healthy blood donors. Results: we found a high seroprevalence i.e 91% of HSV-1 and relatively lower sero-prevalence i.e 7% of HSV-2 in high risk individuals. 23 patients among the study group were HIV positive and in these patients HSV-1 was positive in 17 (73%) and HSV-2 was positive in 7 (30.4%). In the control group seroprevalence of HSV-1 was 89% and HSV-2 was 0%. Conclusion: Seroprevalence of HSV-1 is high in both high risk and control group but HSV-2 seroprevalence is remarkably high in HIV positive individuals as compared to the other high risk HIV negative individuals and control group.
- Subjects
HERPES simplex virus; AT-risk behavior; SEROPREVALENCE; TERTIARY care
- Publication
JK Practitioner, 2019, Vol 24, Issue 3/4, p23
- ISSN
0971-8834
- Publication type
Article