PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES TO HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-1 AND TYPE-2, EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS AND CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IN TEENAGE GIRLS

Citation
A. Anderssonellstrom et al., PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES TO HERPES-SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-1 AND TYPE-2, EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS AND CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IN TEENAGE GIRLS, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 27(4), 1995, pp. 315-318
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
ISSN journal
00365548
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
315 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1995)27:4<315:POATHV>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Seropositivity to herpes virus type 1 (HSV-1), herpes virus type 2 (HS V-2), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was estimated in a group of 98 16-year-old Swedish girls. Antibodies to HSV-1 were seen in 41% of the girls and to HSV-2 in 1%, and antibodies to CMV in 45 and to EBV in 82%. In girls with coitus experience, there was signi ficantly higher prevalence of HSV-1 and EBV antibodies, compared with girls with no sexual contact. The age of coitarche or number of coitus partners did not affect the rate of seropositivity. During 2 years of follow up, 13 girls seroconverted. All but one EBV-seroconverting gir l, were sexually active, and no girl converted for more than one type of virus. We conclude that transmission of herpes viruses is common in adolescence, and sexuality, even with regard to its close association with kissing, is one important determinant.