Scientific article
English

Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus in children by detection of specific antibodies in saliva

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The Pediatric infectious disease journal, vol. 20, no. 3, p. 265-272

Publication date

2001

Abstract

To facilitate the study of the prevalence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection and its determinants in children, we developed a noninvasive saliva test.

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral/analysis
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods
  • Female
  • Herpes Simplex/diagnosis/epidemiology/immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G/analysis
  • Infant
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Saliva/immunology/virology
  • Schools
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Simplexvirus/immunology
  • Switzerland/epidemiology

Citation (ISO format)

MASSEREY SPICHER, Virginie et al. Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus in children by detection of specific antibodies in saliva. In: The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2001, vol. 20, n° 3, p. 265–272. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200103000-00010

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0891-3668
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