| genital herpes simplex virus type 1 in women: detection in cervicovaginal specimens from gynecological practices in the united states. | herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (hsv-1 and -2) are significant human pathogens causing clinically indistinguishable facial and genital lesions. recently, the number of reported genital herpes cases caused by type 1 virus has increased. identifying the hsv type is of clinical importance to determine proper treatment, as there is no licensed vaccine or cure. we assessed, by pcr, the frequency of hsv-1 and hsv-2 present in more than 60,000 clinical cervicovaginal specimens derived from samples o ... | 2010 | 19923487 |