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. 2015 Nov 11;29(1):149–161. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00043-15

TABLE 1.

Significant risk factors for symptomatic and asymptomatic genital HSV sheddinga

Risk factor Overall shedding
 Subclinical Shedding
aRR P value aRR P value
History of asymptomatic infection 0.5 <0.001 0.72 0.06
Caucasian 1.74 <0.001 1.45 0.03
≥8 recurrences/yr 1.61 <0.001 1.46 0.02
a

Based on data from reference 75. aRR, adjusted risk ratio.