TY - JOUR T1 - HSV-2 specific seroprevalence among various populations in Rome, Italy JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 213 LP - 214 DO - 10.1136/sti.76.3.213 VL - 76 IS - 3 AU - B Suligoi AU - M Cusan AU - P Santopadre AU - G Palù AU - S Catania AU - G Girelli AU - S Pala AU - V Vullo Y1 - 2000/06/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/76/3/213.abstract N2 - We conducted a cross sectional seroprevalence study on anonymous banked blood samples taken from adults for various reasons, between January and September 1998 at “La Sapienza” University Hospital, Rome, Italy. Blood samples were available for the following four groups of individuals:military recruits, from various Italian regions, undergoing routine medical examination for enrolment in the military servicepeople attending an outpatient facility for either vaccination against viral hepatitis B or post-exposure prophylaxisblood donorspregnant women undergoing routine serological controls. TEST USED All samples were tested with a commercially available kit approved by the US Food and Drug Administration: the herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 specific gG ELISA test manufactured by Meridian Diagnostics Inc (Cincinnati, OH, USA). The sensitivity and specificity of the test are 98% and 97%, respectively.1 STATISTICS To test … ER -