Seroprevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 (HSV-2) Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
Jonah Yisa, Peter Moses, Nnamdi Harrison Uzoma, Rukaiya Usman, Fatima Hassan, Nicholas Davil & Nuhu Bala Azi · South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology · 2026
Background and Aim: Herpes simplex virus type 2 is a globally significant cause of genital herpes and persists lifelong, with intermittent subclinical shedding driving ongoing transmission. During pregnancy, the infection is of major concern because of mother-to-child transmissio...