Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 in Suburban Primary Care Offices in the United States

Leone, Peter A.; Fleming, Douglas T.; Gilsenan, Alicia; Li, Lei; Justus, Scott E.

doi:10.1097/01.olq.0000123651.84697.d6

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“…In an area, like Northeast of Italy, with high wine consumption, a higher rate of head and neck cancers is probably attributable to smoking and alcohol abuse (Barra et al 1990); alcohol exposure has been recorded for ¸40% of the patients in Italy (Present study; Badaracco et al 2007) and for ·30% of the patients in USA (Gillison et al 2000). On the other hand, herpes simplex-2 seroprevalence, a surrogate marker of sexual habits, is about 5.5% in Italy against 17.2-25.6% in the US (Suligoi et al 2000;Leone et al 2004;Xu et al 2006). …”

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HPV-16 E6 L83V variant in squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract

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Fuson

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J Cancer Res Clin Oncol

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HPV-16 E6 L83V variant in squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract

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et al. 2008

J Cancer Res Clin Oncol

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“…Genital herpes is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection in the US and this high rate accounts for an increased risk of transmission to the newborn [1]. There is a high prevalence of genital herpes in the pregnant population.…”

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Consequences of herpes simplex virus in pregnancy and their prevention

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2007

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

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“…Disruption and discomfort in day-to-day life form part of the burden of STIs as well as the more long-term harmful consequences. Symptoms, such as ulcers, painful or frequent urination and itching are often not recognised as associated with STIs and mis-attributed to other causes such as yeast infections or trauma [35, 39]. This trend is also reflected for gynaecological cancer [40] suggesting overlapping symptomatology combined with lack of understanding about how genital sensations and symptoms are made sense of may represent additional barriers to seeking care and receiving treatment.…”

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Understanding sexual healthcare seeking behaviour: why a broader research perspective is needed

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BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundDespite effective and accessible treatments, many sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in high-income countries go untreated, causing poor sexual health for individuals and their partners. Research into STI care has tended to focus on biomedical aspects of infections using patient samples and prioritised attendance at healthcare services. This approach overlooks the broader social context of STIs and healthcare-seeking behaviours, which are important to better understand the issue of untreated infections.Main bodyThis paper is structured around three main arguments to improve understanding of help-seeking behaviour for STIs in order to help reduce the burden of untreated STIs for both individuals and public health. Firstly, biomedical perspectives must be combined with sociological approaches to align individual priorities with clinical insights. More research attention on understanding the subjective experiences of STI symptoms and links to healthcare-seeking behaviour is also needed. Secondly, a focus on non-attendance at healthcare services is required to address the patient-centric focus of STI research and to understand the reasons why individuals do not seek care. Finally, research using non-patient samples recruited from outside medical contexts is vital to accurately reflect the range of behaviours, beliefs and health issues within the population to ensure appropriate and effective service provision. We suggest piggy-backing other research on to existing studies as an effective way to recruit participants not defined by their patient status, and use a study recruiting a purposive non-patient sample from an existing dataset – Britain’s third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3) as an illustrative example.ConclusionSTIs are common but treatable, however a range of social and cultural factors prevent access to healthcare services and contribute to the burden of untreated infection. Different conceptual and empirical approaches are needed to better understand care-seeking behaviour and reduce the gap between social and biomedical advancements in managing untreated infection.

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Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 in Suburban Primary Care Offices in the United States

Abstract: Results illustrate the need for greater suburban PCP and patient awareness of the high HSV-2 seroprevalence in this setting.

Cited by 53 publications

References 17 publications

HPV-16 E6 L83V variant in squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract

HPV-16 E6 L83V variant in squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract

Consequences of herpes simplex virus in pregnancy and their prevention

Understanding sexual healthcare seeking behaviour: why a broader research perspective is needed

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