Article
Molecular epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 genital infection in association with clinical manifestations.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2000
Umene K, Kawana T
Abstract excerpt
The antigenic types of herpes simplex virus (HSV), HSV-1 and HSV-2 are considered to be the etiology of genital herpes. Symptoms of primary HSV-1 and HSV-2 genital infections are similar, however, recurrence of the infection is less frequent after the HSV-1-related genital infection. We determined genotypes of 79 HSV-1 strains isolated from genital lesions in women (43 from primary and 36 from recurrent...
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