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Table 2 Relationship of HSV CVL viral load with potential risk factors

From: Detection, quantification and genotyping of Herpes Simplex Virus in cervicovaginal secretions by real-time PCR: a cross sectional survey

Cofactor

Geometric mean number of copies of virus/ml of lavage fluid

 

Present

Absent

P-values

GUD

8900

<335

0.1532

Anti HSV-2 IgG

1100*

<335*

0.2976

HIV-1 infection

<335

<335

0.5568

BV

400

<335

0.5020

Candida

<335

<335

0.8320

Hepatitis B

400

<335

0.2480

C. trachomatis

<335

<335

0.1890

T. vaginalis

17100

<335

0.0760

  1. *Comparison done with HSV-2 only. P values calculated by non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test.