The prevalence of nine human herpesviruses in urogenital samples from young women in Finland
The increased prevalence of EBV DNA among young women with a sexually transmissible pathogen coinfection suggests more frequent shedding of EBV DNA among those with a sexually transmitted infection and likely higher sexual risk-taking behavior.
Authors
- Matti Lehtinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-0535)
- Hannamari Välimaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-2399)
- Tiina Eriksson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-9775)
- Ville Nikolai Pimenoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0813-7031)
- Mirja Puolakkainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7413-6793)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Tampere University (FI)
- University of Oulu (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11392-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Helsingin Yliopisto