Herpes Simplex Virus Prevention
Studies from University of Otago yield new information about herpes simplex virus prevention
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 31st, 2007
Researchers detail in "Risk of herpes simplex virus type 2 acquisition increases over early adulthood: evidence from a cohort study," new data in herpes simplex virus. According to a study from Dunedin, New Zealand, "/ A cohort study of 1037 people born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1972 or 1973. At assessment at age 32 years, 884 participants (432 women and 452 men; 87.1% of the surviving cohort) provided both sera and information on sexual behaviour. The proportion of participants with antibodies to HSV-2 infection at ages 26 and 32 years was measured, and the incidence rates from first coitus to age 26 years and from age 26 to 32 years calculated, adjusting for the number of sexual...
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