Epidemiology of Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and 2 Infections in Southwestern Finland During a 10-Year Period (2003-2012)



: Kortekangas-Savolainen O, Orhanen E, Puodinketo T, Vuorinen T

Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

: 2014

: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

: SEX TRANSM DIS

: 41

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: 0148-5717

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000101


Herpes simplex virus type 2 was still the most common causative agent of genital herpes in Southwestern Finland, but the proportion of HSV-1 was increasingly high. The age difference between male patients with HSV-1 and HSV-2 narrowed during the years studied.




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