Different patterns of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection among college students from Cuernavaca, Mexico

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doi:10.1071/SH08020

Different patterns of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection among college students from Cuernavaca, Mexico

R. Carlos Arriaga-Demeza ^A, Carlos J. Conde-Glez ^A, Felipe J. Uribe-Salas ^A, Sergio Eguiza-Fano ^B, Santa García-Cisneros ^A, Miguel A. Sánchez-Alemán ^A ^C

^A Centre for Research on Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Public Health, Av. Universidad 655, Col. Sta. Maria Ahuacatitlan, Cuernavaca, Morelos CP62508, Mexico.
^B Morelos State University, Av. Universidad 1001. Col. Chamilpa. Cuernavaca, Morelos CP62209, Mexico.
^C Corresponding author. Email: msanchez@insp.mx





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Sexual Health 5(4) 365–367 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH08020
Submitted: 12 March 2008 Accepted: 18 July 2008 Published online: 18 November 2008

Abstract

The goal of this study was to determine herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) seroprevalence among college students from Morelos State University, Mexico; and to correlate their demographic and sexual behaviour characteristics with HSV-1 infection. Demographic characteristics were associated with HSV-1 among female students. Among male students, sexual behaviour characteristics were associated with HSV-1 seroprevalence. Male students who practised oral sex and did not always use a condom presented higher rates of HSV-1 infection (76.9%) than students who did not have oral sex (52.2%). A different pattern of HSV-1 infection depends on gender among Mexican students analysed.

Keywords: gender difference, HSV-1 seroprevalence.