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Herpesvirus Risk Factors

Research from University of North Carolina, Department of Epidemiology in the area of herpesvirus risk factors described

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2008

Researchers detail in 'Type-specific seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 and associated risk factors in middle-aged women from 6 countries: the IARC multicentric study,' new data in herpesvirus. In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To determine type-specific seroprevalence of herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and HSV-2 risk factors. Six-hundred fifty eight middle-aged control women (hospital-based in 4 of 6 countries) from a multicenter cervical cancer case-control study participated from 1985 to 1997."

"Type-specific serum IgG antibodies against HSV-1 and HSV-2 were detected with Western Blot. HSV-1...

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