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HSV prevalence in cutaneous specimens by patient age
| Age (yr) |
illumigene HSV 1 |
illumigene HSV 2 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total no. | Total no. positivea | Prevalence (%)b | Total no. | Total no. positivea | Prevalence (%)b | |
| ≤5 | 38 | 12 | 31.6 | 38 | 1 | 2.6 |
| 6–18 | 42 | 18 | 42.9 | 42 | 4 | 9.5 |
| 19–55 | 177 | 20 | 11.3 | 177 | 37 | 20.9 |
| >55 | 49 | 4 | 8.2 | 49 | 13 | 26.5 |
| Not provided | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Positivity was calculated based on the illumigene results.
Specimens resulting in invalid results were removed for prevalence analysis (no.).
