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HERPES VIRUS IN AN OBSTETRIC HOSPITAL II: ASYMPTOMATIC VIRUS EXCRETION IN STAFF MEMBERS
Author(s) -
Hatherley Lawrence I.,
Hayes Kathleen,
Jack Ian
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb131852.x
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , incidence (geometry) , herpes simplex virus , virus , virology , excretion , isolation (microbiology) , virus isolation , pediatrics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , optics
Serial studies of specimens of saliva from 384 asymptomatic members of staff of an obstetric hospital resulted in the isolation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) from 9.6%. This exposure rate of patients to HSV infection was contrasted with the very low incidence of HSV infection in neonates in Australia. Factors associated with the incidence of overt HSV infection and intermittent asymptomatic excretion of HSV were noted and assessed in relation to possible sites of virus location.