Sexual and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting the Risk of Past Infections With Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2

Stavraky, Kathleen M.; Rawls, William E.; Chiavetta, Jo Anne; Donner, Allan; Wanklin, J. M.

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“…Different sampling strategies may also account for the differences. HSV seroprevalence has been reported to be higher among people with a lower socioeconomic status (SES) (9,16,21) and among African and Mexican Americans (9). We did not have information for our sample on race or SES.…”

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“…In Canada, the age-adjusted seroprevalence of HSV-2 was determined to be 17.3% (17) among pregnant women in the general population. In Canada, HSV-2 antibody prevalence was 17.5 to 24% in women and 12.8% in men (14,21) in two large urban centers, and the prevalence was 18.8% in sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic attendees in two cities (A. Singh, B. Rowmanoski, and T. Wong, abstr. from 39th Annu.…”

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Regional Distribution of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in Men and Women in Ontario, Canada

Howard¹,

Sellors

Jang

et al. 2003

J Clin Microbiol

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This study estimated the regional and age-and gender-specific seroprevalences of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in Ontario, Canada. Stored serum specimens from subjects aged 15 to 44 years, including men (n ‫؍‬ 979), women not under prenatal care (n ‫؍‬ 638), and women under prenatal care (n ‫؍‬ 701) submitted for routine viral serology were randomly selected according to regional population size from public health laboratories. HSV-1 and HSV-2 testing was done with the MRL enzyme immunoassay (

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Regional Distribution of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in Men and Women in Ontario, Canada

Howard¹,

Sellors

Jang

et al. 2003

J Clin Microbiol

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“…A população estudada caracterizou-se por apresentar baixo poder aquisitivo, sendo epidemiologicamente mais predisposta à infecção pelos HSV-2 26 . Em 1993, Weinberg et al 4 avaliaram a freqüência de soropositividade contra os HSV em parturientes de São Paulo.…”

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Avaliação da Soroprevalência dos Vírus Herpes Simples Tipos 1 e 2 em Parturientes

Paschoini

Duarte

Cunha

et al. 2001

Rev. Bras. Ginecol. Obstet.

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IntroduçãoEntre as infecções virais com efeito deleté-rio potencial sobre o feto, destacam-se aquelas causadas pelos vírus da família Herpesviridae. Incluem-se nesta família os vírus herpes simples tipos 1 e 2 (HSV-1 e HSV-2), vírus varicela-zóster, vírus Epstein-Barr, citomegalovírus e os herpesvírus humanos tipos 6, 7 e 8 1 . Devido à sua freqüência em nosso meio, ênfase especial tem sido dispensada aos tipos HSV-1 e HSV-2. A discriminação clinicolaboratorial entre as infecções causadas por esses dois vírus ainda é limitada por sérias dificuldades, visto que suas manifestações clínicas se assemelham e as provas sorológicas apresentam elevadas taxas de reações cruzadas 2 . Apesar de o HSV-1 ser mais freqüentemente causador de lesões orolabiais, este vírus está presente em até 10% das lesões herpéticas genitais. Por sua vez, o HSV-2 é responsável por até 90% das lesões genitais e pode estar presente em até 10% das lesões orolabiais 3 . Em estudo epidemiológico no qual se avaliou a soropositividade do HSV-2 em gestantes de diferentes classes sociais, Weinberg et al. avaliaram a presença de anticorpos contra o HSV-2 entre pacientes de alto risco para doenças sexualmente transmissíveis na cidade do Rio de Janeiro e observaram 53,8% de soropositividade para este vírus.Tanto a primo-infecção pelo HSV-1 como pelo HSV-2 podem causar quadro clínico característico

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“…Other studies have also reported that early age at first intercourse and many partners carried an increased risk of HSV-2 seropositivity. 1,5,[12][13][14] A study conducted on black women of lower social class with breast cancer found risk ratios of 2.4 and 3.3 for seropositivity for early age at first intercourse and multiple partners, respectively. 5 However, these relationships between sexual behavior and HSV-2 seropositivity have not been found consistently in all studies of lower social class females.…”

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Sociodemographic and Gynecologic Characteristics as Risk Factors for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in Saudi Women

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The sample was selected primarily to determine gynecologic and sociodemographic characteristics of Saudi women who had herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) seropositivity. Antibodies to the virus were detected in 4.3% of the sample. More women with HSV-2 seropositivity were older, illiterate, and lived in poor housing conditions. Also at higher risk were women from the upper income group, and those whose husbands traveled abroad. Women who married and had their first coitus between the age of 15 and 20 years had lower risk of having positive HSV-2 antibodies. However, those who were married twice or more and women whose husbands had two or more other wives were at higher risk. Second ranked wives had higher risk of HSV-2 seropositivity. The data further disclosed that women who had never become pregnant had a higher risk of seropositivity than those who had history of pregnancy, miscarriage, and abortion. Respondents with history of five or more pregnancies were at higher risk than those with fewer pregnancies. Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is a venereally transmitted virus, and women with attributes which increase the risk of developing cervical cancer also appear to have an increased risk of becoming infected with this virus.1 Using antibodies to HSV-2 as an indication of past HSV-2 infections, a number of studies have examined the occurrence of infections among women with cervical cancer and among control women.2 In all studies,theoccurrenceof HSV-2antibodiesincreased with age among controls, reaching a maximum between 40 and 50 years. The HSV-2 antibodies were found more frequently among women of lower socioeconomic status. 3,4

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Sexual and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting the Risk of Past Infections With Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2

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Regional Distribution of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in Men and Women in Ontario, Canada

Regional Distribution of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in Men and Women in Ontario, Canada

Avaliação da Soroprevalência dos Vírus Herpes Simples Tipos 1 e 2 em Parturientes

Sociodemographic and Gynecologic Characteristics as Risk Factors for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in Saudi Women

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