RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Herpesvirus hominis antibodies among children and young adults in Ibadan.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 44
OP 47
DO 10.1136/sti.55.1.44
VO 55
IS 1
A1 Sogbetun, A O
A1 Montefiore, D
A1 Anong, C N
YR 1979
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/55/1/44.abstract
AB A total of 422 sera collected from children and young adults living in Ibadan, Nigeria, has been examined for the presence of antibodies to type 1 and type 2 herpesvirus hominis. Type 1 antibodies were rapidly acquired from the age of 1 year onwards, reflecting the relatively poor living standards and the overcrowded accommodation among the population studied. Type 2 antibodies were acquired between the ages of 3 and 5 years. It is suggested that non-venereal spread of the virus must be responsible; prolonged survival of the virus on fomites, owing to the high environmental humidity, possibly accounts for this.