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Tampon culture for quantitation of cervicovaginal herpes simplex virus
Author(s) -
Ekwo Edem E.,
Myers Martin G.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890020102
Subject(s) - herpes simplex virus , cervix , virology , uterine cervix , vagina , microbiology and biotechnology , hsl and hsv , medicine , virus , tissue culture , biology , pathology , in vitro , surgery , biochemistry , cancer , carcinoma
From 10 1 to 10 6 TCID 50 (mean tissue culture infective doses) per ml HSV I and II can be quantitatively recorded from vaginal tampons. Tampons and sterile cotton swabs are equally sensitive in recovering HSV I and II. Direct cotton swab cultures of the cervix and cervicovaginal tampon cultures from the same patients recovered similar quantities of HSV, ranging from 1.5 to 6.5 log 10 TCID 50 /ml in 5 patients.