2000
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.136.9.1158
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Herpes Serology for Dermatologists

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“…122 Viral shedding in the absence of clinical symptoms or in people unaware of their infectious status accounts for almost 70% of all genital HSV2 infections. 24,59,64,123 Women are at a greater overall risk of acquiring genital herpes and, in particular, HSV1-induced genital disease compared with men. 48,59,64 Viral transmission is also more than 4 times more likely from male to female than vice versa.…”
Section: Genital Herpesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…122 Viral shedding in the absence of clinical symptoms or in people unaware of their infectious status accounts for almost 70% of all genital HSV2 infections. 24,59,64,123 Women are at a greater overall risk of acquiring genital herpes and, in particular, HSV1-induced genital disease compared with men. 48,59,64 Viral transmission is also more than 4 times more likely from male to female than vice versa.…”
Section: Genital Herpesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Which group of patients will benefit from an additional type-specific serology is still under debate [44]. …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The time required for serological diagnosis is longer than that available for the initiation of treatment [65]. The definitive epidemiological test has been the Western Blot; however, this is generally only available in research institutes and is very expensive [69]. Recently, new serological tests for specific antibodies for HSV-1 and HSV-2 have become commercially available [70][71][72].…”
Section: Herpesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…During recurrences, samples should preferentially be collected in the vesicular phase, not when lesions are crusted [74]. Moreover, most patients who are seropositive according to Western Blot are unaware of their symptoms (unrecognized infection), or they present subclinical infection and do not undergo culture [69]. Diagnostic technology examining nucleic acids has also proved to be viable for the detection and typing of HSV and may be able to substitute culture as the definitive method [75,76].…”
Section: Herpesmentioning
confidence: 99%