Genital HSV Detection among HIV-1-Infected Pregnant Women in Labor

Table 1

HSV PCR positivity in vaginal swabs among HSV-2-seropositive, HIV-positive and HIV-negative women at delivery.

Swab site	HIV positive women	HIV negative women	Risk ratio, 95% CI	P-value
Any site	8/26 (30.8%)	59/622 (9.5%)	3.2 (1.6, 6.5)	.001
Cervix	4/25 (16.0%)	35/588 (6.0%)	2.7 (0.9, 7.3)	.053
Vulva	8/24 (33.3%)	51/610 (8.4%)	4.0 (2.0, 8.1)	<.001
Both cervix and vulva	4/23 (17.4%)	27/576 (4.7%)	3.7 (1.3, 10.3)	.012