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Alteration of early T lymphocyte count in patients with herpes genitalis

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Peripheral blood samples from 52 women, including 16 with herpes genitalis and 36 healthy persons, were studied to enumerate subpopulations of lymphocytes. It was found that the mean percentage of ‘active’ T lymphocytes was significantly less in the patients with herpes genitalis than in the controls.

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Acknowledgment. This work was done at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kansai Medical University and the authors are indebted to Professor I. Sawaragi for his support and encouragement. We also express our thanks to Dr James Monthony, Bio Rad Laboratories for his generous donation of immunobeads for this study.

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Ishiguro, T., Ozaki, Y., Yokoyama, M.M. et al. Alteration of early T lymphocyte count in patients with herpes genitalis. Experientia 35, 1519–1520 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01962821

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