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Male Genital Herpes Complicated with Urethral Infection
Author(s) -
Yoshida Masami,
Hondo Ryo,
Tezuka Tadashi,
Hiruma Masataro
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1994.tb01800.x
Subject(s) - genital herpes , urethritis , herpes simplex virus , urethra , virology , sex organ , restriction enzyme , lesion , virus , medicine , biology , dna , pathology , urology , genetics
A 26‐year‐old man had a primary infection or reinfection of genital herpes due to herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 complicated with herpetic urethritis. By analysis of the restriction endonuclease digestion pattern of the viral DNA, two isolates, one from the penile lesion and one from the urethra, were identified as the same strain.