Article: HSV-2 underrecognized in HIV-positive patients: subclinical infection.(Gynecology)

Article: Clinical relevance of and risk factors for HSV-related ...
Critical Care;  November 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... infections with pathogens other than HSV were present. To assess the clinical relevance of HSV-1 detection in respiratory fluids, the clinical presentations and outcomes of HSV-1-positive patients were analysed (Tables 1 and 2). Table ...

Article: Coinfection of HSV with other Sexually Transmitted ...
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Table 1]. Coinfection rate of HSV in syphilis and HIV positives was 40 ... However only two out of the 27 IgM-HSV positive patients had clinical herpes genitalis yielding a subclinical HSV coinfection rate of 37.8%. Hence ...

Article: Acyclovir-resistant HSV low in immunocompetent people. ...
Nursing Standard;  February 26, 2003 ;     553 words ... ... subjects and 90.2 per cent were HSV-2. Of these, 15 were acyclovir ... 0.18 per cent) of 1,644 HSV-negative patients had acyclovir ... topical use of acyclovir. Of the 226 HSV-positive patients, 12 (5.3 per cent) had acyclovir ...

Article: HSV-1 IgG Fc Receptor Blocks Effectiveness of Antibodies
Vaccine Weekly;  August 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... antibodies do not successfully modify herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. HSV glycoproteins gE and gI form an immunoglobulin G (IgG ... FcgammaR) that binds the Fc domain of human anti-HSV IgG and inhibits Fc-mediated immune functions in vitro ...

Article: HSV-1 likely cause of new genital infections.(Infectious ...
Internal Medicine News;  November 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... vulvovaginal diseases. Young, sexually active women are more susceptible to HSV-1 because most do not have protective antibodies to HSV-1 due to the dramatic drop in childhood HSV-1 infections, said Dr. Hillier, director, reproductive infectious ...

Article: HSV-1 is likely cause of new genital infections: current ...
Skin & Allergy News;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... vulvovaginal diseases. Young, sexually active women are more susceptible to HSV-1 because most do not have protective antibodies to HSV-1 due to the dramatic drop in childhood HSV-1 infections, said Dr. Hillier, director, reproductive infectious ...

Article: Mixed HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection in a patient ...
British Journal of Biomedical Science;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV) is usually benign (e.g., oral cold ... many other sexually transmitted diseases, HSV infection is on the increase in the UK ... aged 20-24 years.3,4 In the past, HSV-1 was normally isolated from the upper ...