The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine
Original Article

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

Hae Kyung Park
Corresponding author: Hae Kyung Park. Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

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Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

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.