Herpetic urethritis in male patients in Ibadan

Autor: A A, Oni, F D, Adu, C C, Ekweozor, R A, Bakare
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: West African journal of medicine. 16(1)
ISSN: 0189-160X
Popis: In a study of 151 male patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic, 40 (26.4%) had non-gonococcal urethritis. Herpes simplex virus was isolated in tissue culture of HEp-2 cell line from 10 of the patients with non-gonococcal urethritis, and identified by complement fixation and indirect immunofluorescent anti body tests. Of the isolates, 30% were Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), while 70% were Herpes simplex virus types (HSV-2).
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