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Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Family PracticeEpidemiology 101
Alfred O. Berg, MD, MPH
Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(3):207.
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BEFORE I comment on Oliver et al's report on herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in family practice,1 readers should know that my acquaintance with the study long antedates being asked to write an editorial about it. As one of the occasional investigators working with Seattle's sexually transmitted disease (STD) research empire, I have known of this project since its inception, practiced in the clinic in which it was conducted, and advised its principal author at several points along the way. In consequence, I am more than typically pleased to see it published but hardly unbiased in my commentary.
See also page 228
Family physicians who are confronted by straight descriptive epidemiologie data (as in Oliver et al's study) might be understandably perplexed: What is the clinical take-home? The main findings are clear enough: HSV infection is common, more so than expected; older patients, women, blacks, and patients of low socioeconomic
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Author Affiliations
University of Washington Seattle
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