prevalence of hsv-2 antibodies among std clinic patients in tanzania. | patients attending a referral sexually transmissible diseases clinic at muhimbili medical centre in dar-es-salaam during the period 1989 to 1993 were examined for herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2) antibodies. an elisa technique, using glycoprotein g of hsv-2 as antigen, was used to test 294 patients' sera. of these, 126 sera were hsv-2 positive, while 168 were negative, yielding an overall hsv-2 prevalence of 42.9%. sixty-three per cent of the women and 35.5% of the men were hsv-2 positive. se ... | 1998 | 9506376 |