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Guy Boivin, Brigitte Malette, Nathalie Goyette, "Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Primary Infection in a Healthy Individual", Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, vol. 20, Article ID 482407, 4 pages, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/482407
Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Primary Infection in a Healthy Individual
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Primary herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection usually involves one mucosal region.OBJECTIVE: To describe an unusual disseminated HSV-1 infection involving two mucosal sites in a healthy man.RESULTS: Primary HSV infection involved oral and genital mucosa and was associated with viremia, hepatitis and rash. Phylogenetic analysis of genital and oral viruses revealed that the patient was infected by a single HSV-1 strain.CONCLUSION: Use of polymerase chain reaction detection techniques for HSV may identify viremic patients in the absence of obvious immunosuppression.
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