. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 7.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 1992 Mar 15;116(6):433–437. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-116-6-433

Table 3. Rate of Asymptomatic Shedding Over Time among Women with Primary Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection.

Site	Time from End of Primary Episode
	0 to 12 months	13 to 24 months	25 to 36 months

	n/N (%)
Cervical Site^*	54/1749 (3.1)	6/464 (1.3)	3/226(1.3)
Vulvar Site	36/1540 (2.3)	7/448 (1.6)	3/224 (1.3)
Days with any genital site	78/1820 (4.3)	11/482 (2.3)	5/234 (2.1)

P ≤ 0.005; random effects model using time as a covariate.