Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in HIV Coinfected Individuals in Eastern India with Risk Factor Analysis

Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is the cause of most genital herpes while HSV-1 is responsible for orolabial and facial lesions. In immunocompromised individuals, like HIV patients, impaired immunity leads to more frequent symptomatic and asymptomatic HSV infection. Fifty-two blood samples from...

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Main Authors: Soumyabrata Nag, Soma Sarkar, Debprasad Chattopadhyay, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Rahul Biswas, Manideepa SenGupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Advances in Virology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/537939