Seropidemiologic Study of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in general population using Complement Fixation Test and Indirect Immunofluorescence Test

One hundred and fifty-sex sera from general population which were obtainable at Virology Lab, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K . during the period from january to june, 1979 were studied with Complement fixation test and indirect Immunofluorescence test in order to understand epidemiologic pattern of Herpes simplex virus antibodies. An increasing tendency of Herpes simplex virus antibodies with age was observed by both methods in very similar pattern.