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Article: HSV-2 Acquisition In Pregnancy High If Partner Infected: Partner testing is especially important for couples together less than 1 year. (Up To 22% Become Infected).
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- OB GYN News
- Article date:
- October 15, 2001
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QUEBEC CITY -- More than one in five women are likely to acquire herpes simplex virus type 2 during their pregnancy if their partner carries the infection, Dr. Carolyn Gardella reported at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Partner serologic testing, especially when couples have been together for less than a year, would help identify pregnant women at high risk for contracting primary herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection, said Dr. Gardella of the University of Washington, Seattle.
Previous studies have shown that women who acquire herpes during pregnancy, particularly late in pregnancy, are at ...