PMID- 19997695
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100304
LR  - 20120102
IS  - 1651-2057 (Electronic)
IS  - 0001-5555 (Linking)
VI  - 89
IP  - 6
DP  - 2009 Nov
TI  - Decreasing prevalence of herpes simplex virus-2 antibodies in selected groups of 
      women in Sweden.
PG  - 623-6
LID - 10.2340/00015555-0699 [doi]
AB  - High estimates of herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) seroprevalence have been 
      reported for women who were pregnant in Sweden in the 1980s, probably reflecting 
      sexual risk-taking during the 1960s and 1970s. The aim of the present study was 
      to evaluate the HSV-2 seroprevalence in pregnant women and in the female 
      attendees at a clinic for sexually transmitted infections in Sweden at the 
      beginning of the 21st century and to compare the results with those of earlier 
      Swedish studies. Sera were collected during the period 2000 to 2002 from 299 
      pregnant women at an antenatal clinic and from 290 female attendees at a clinic 
      for sexually transmitted infections in Gothenburg. To enable comparison with 
      earlier seroprevalence data the same test method was used; Helix pomatia antigen 
      in an enzyme-linked immunoassay. The overall HSV-2 prevalence was 10.4% for the 
      pregnant women and 25.2% for the female attendees at the clinic for sexually 
      transmitted infections. The seroprevalence of HSV-2 in pregnant women appears to 
      have decreased in Sweden during the past decade, which may reflect changes in 
      sexual behaviour.
FAU - Berntsson, Matilda
AU  - Berntsson M
AD  - Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 
      Gothenburg, Sweden. matilda.berntsson@vgregion.se
FAU - Tunback, Petra
AU  - Tunback P
FAU - Ellstrom, Agneta
AU  - Ellstrom A
FAU - Krantz, Ingela
AU  - Krantz I
FAU - Lowhagen, Gun-Britt
AU  - Lowhagen GB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Sweden
TA  - Acta Derm Venereol
JT  - Acta dermato-venereologica
JID - 0370310
RN  - 0 (Antibodies, Viral)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Ambulatory Care Facilities
MH  - Antibodies, Viral/*blood
MH  - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
MH  - Female
MH  - Herpes Genitalis/epidemiology
MH  - Herpesvirus 2, Human/*immunology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Seroepidemiologic Studies
MH  - Sweden/epidemiology
EDAT- 2009/12/10 06:00
MHDA- 2010/03/05 06:00
CRDT- 2009/12/10 06:00
PHST- 2009/12/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/12/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/03/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.2340/00015555-0699 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Derm Venereol. 2009 Nov;89(6):623-6. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0699.