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. 1979;3(3):203-6.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.1890030306.

The stability of herpes simplex virus on vaginal tampons

M G Myers, E E Ekwo, A K Pitts

The stability of herpes simplex virus on vaginal tampons

M G Myers et al. J Med Virol. 1979.

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus can be quantitatively recovered from vaginal tampons suspended in tissue culture medium and stored over a wide range of temperatures. Because herpes simplex virus is stable for several days with refrigeration or after freezing, this method of culture of cervicovaginal virus lends itself to epidemiologic studies.

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