| Literature DB >> 12791898 |
Angélique Ndjoyi-Mbiguino1, Francis Ozouaki, Jérôme Legoff, François-Xavier Mbopi-Kéou, Ali Si-Mohamed, Isabelle Ndombi Onas, Evelyne Avoune, Laurent Bélec.
Abstract
Asymptomatic genital shedding of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) DNA was evidenced by real-time PCR in 25 (13.2%) of 188 cervicovaginal lavage samples and in only 13 (6.9%) paired cervicovaginal samples from 188 HSV-2-seropositive, nonpregnant childbearing-aged human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative women living in Gabon. These observations demonstrate that cervicovaginal washing is more suitable than endocervicovaginal swabbing for detecting and quantifying HSV-2 DNA by PCR in female genital secretions.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12791898 PMCID: PMC156498 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2662-2664.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948