Characteristics of patients whose genital swabs tested positive for HSV
| HSV PCR positive* | |
|---|---|
| No (%) | |
| *HSV positive results included both HSV-1 and HSV-2 positive swabs. | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 57 (55) |
| Female | 51 (62) |
| Ethnic group | |
| Black Caribbean | 49 (65) |
| White | 33 (51) |
| Black African | 25 (61) |
| Other | 1 (25) |
| Sexual orientation | |
| Heterosexual | 106 (60) |
| Homosexual | 2 (20) |
| Disease | |
| First episode | 62 (54) |
| Recurrent | 46 (64) |
| Onset | |
| <5 days | 62 (66) |
| ⩾5 days | 46 (50) |
| Ulceration | |
| No | 15 (29) |
| Yes | 93 (69) |
| HIV status | |
| Negative | 51 (61) |
| Positive | 14 (74) |
| Declined testing | 43 (52) |
| Age | |
| Those with negative PCR | 29 (16–54) |
| Those with positive PCR | 30 (17–67) |