Genital Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 in Women from Natal, Brazil

Table 1

Prevalence of genital infection by herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, individually or in coinfection, in pregnant and nonpregnant women.

PCR test for HSV	Condition			𝑃
	Pregnant (%)	Nonpregnant (%)	Total
Negative	70 (66.0)	71 (54.6)	141 (59.7)
Positive	36 (34.0)	59 (45.4)	95 (40.3)	0.070
HSV-1	17 (16.0)	39 (30.0)	56 (23.7)	0.014*
HSV-2	13 (12.3)	15 (11.5)	28 (11.9)	0.755
HSV 1+2	6 (5.7)	5 (3.8)	11 (4.7)	0.754
Total	106 (100.0)	130 (100.0)

𝑃: 𝑃 value using 𝜒² test for comparison of HSV prevalence between pregnant and nonpregnant women.
*Statistically significant.