Cervical Infection with Herpes simplex Virus, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among Symptomatic Women, Dubai, UAE: A Molecular Approach

Table 3

Comparison of our data in Dubai, UAE, for prevalence of Herpes simplex virus (HSV), Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) with different studies.

Study	Number of positive cases (%)
	NG (%)	CT (%)	HSV (%)
Our study, Dubai, UAE	5.5	10.5	6.5
Simms et al. (2003), UK [3]	—	27	—
Vahidnia et al. (2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands [8]	—	—	5.26 (HSV-1); 4.31 (HSV-2)
Xu et al. (2006), USA [9]	—	—	57.7 (HSV-1); 17.0 (HSV-2)
Wang et al. (2012), China, Hekou, Yunnan Province [10]	—	—	58.3 (HSV-2)
Aumakhan et al. (2010), USA [11]	—	—	7 (HSV-2)
Miller et al. (2000), USA [12]	—	7.8	—
Geraats-Peters et al. (2005), The Netherlands [14]	30	—	—
Tosun et al. (2008), Turkey [16]	—	12.7	—
Gaydos et al. (2010), USA [17]	3.8	8.9	—
Wang et al. (2008), China, Yunnan Province [18]	8	26	68 (HSV-2)
Cárcamo et al. (2012), Peru [19]	0.1	6.5	13.6 (HSV-2)
Choi et al. (2012), South Korea [20]	—	2.4	0.8 (HSV-2)
Znazen et al. (2010), Tunisia [21]	11.2	72.9	1.1 (HSV-2)
Bogaerts et al. (2001), Dhaka, Bangladesh [22]	—	—	12 (HSV-2)
Franceschi et al. (2007), Spain and Nigeria [23]	0.2–6	0.2–5.6	—
Madhivanan et al. (2008), Mysore, India [24]	—	8.2	11.2 (HSV-2)