| isolation of herpes simplex virus from sexually transmitted disease patients in ibadan, nigeria. | despite the public health importance of herpes simplex virus infection in nigeria, attempts have not been made to isolate and identify the virus. | 1994 | 7974067 |
| genital herpes simplex virus infection in females in ibadan nigeria. | in a study of female patients attending the sexually transmitted diseases clinic of the university college hospital ibadan, nigeria, herpes simplex virus was isolated from the cervix of 5 of 117 patients, a prevalence rate of 4.3%. two (1.7%) of these patients had hsv in the vagina. the viruses were identified by culture in hep-2 cell line, chloroform sensitivity test, complement fixation test and indirect immuno-fluorescent antibody technique. only one (20%) of the five patients has hsv-1 in th ... | 1996 | 8855674 |
| herpetic urethritis in male patients in ibadan. | in a study of 151 male patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic, 40 (26.4%) had non-gonococcal urethritis. herpes simplex virus was isolated in tissue culture of hep-2 cell line from 10 of the patients with non-gonococcal urethritis, and identified by complement fixation and indirect immunofluorescent anti body tests. of the isolates, 30% were herpes simplex virus type 1 (hsv-1), while 70% were herpes simplex virus types (hsv-2). | 1997 | 9133820 |
| prevalence of papillomavirus infection in women in ibadan, nigeria: a population-based study. | to investigate the prevalence of and the risk factors for cervical infection with human papillomavirus (hpv) in an inner-city area of ibadan, nigeria, we interviewed and obtained a sample of cervical cells from 932 sexually active women aged 15 years or older. a total of 32 different hpv types were identified with an hpv prevalence of 26.3% overall and 24.8% among women without cervical lesions; or age-standardised to the world standard population of 28.3 and 27.3%, respectively. high-risk hpv t ... | 2004 | 14760378 |