Kawana T; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12; 10: 28 (abstract no. 084B).

Tokyo University Branch Hospital.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to study female genital herpes from clinical and virological viewpoint as well as change of this disease during these 22 years. METHODS: More than 500 female genital herpes cases were included, who visited our outpatient clinic between 1971 and 1993. All patients were diagnosed by virus culture. These patients were clinically classified as acute, recurrent and provoked type. The correlation between clinical type and type of herpes simplex virus (HSV) was studied. RESULTS: The number of patients markedly increased around 1980 and has been steady since then. Recently recurrent type has been gradually increasing. In acute (primary) cases, 61% was caused by HSV-1 and remaining 39% by HSV-2. On the other hand, 90% of recurrent type was caused by HSV-2. HSV type distribution changed during this 22 years. In recent years, 45% of primary female genital herpes was caused by HSV-2 where as in 1970s 35% had been caused by HSV-2. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of female genital herpes has been increasing during these 22 years. Recently, genital herpes caused by HSV-2 has been increasing, which may result in endemic extension of this disease.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Ambulatory Care Facilities
• Exanthema
• Female
• Genital Diseases, Female
• Genitalia, Female
• Herpes Genitalis
• Herpesviridae Infections
• Herpesvirus 1, Human
• Herpesvirus 2, Human
• Humans
• Male
• Opportunistic Infections
• Prevalence
• Recurrence
• Simplexvirus
• Tokyo

Other ID:

• 94370028

UI: 102208858

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