The Relation Of The Herpes Antiviral Property of Human Blood to Sex, Pregnancy and Menstruation

Abstract

Serum of human adults was tested for the presence of herpes neutralizing antibody by the intracerebral injection of mice with H.F strain of virus mixed with individual serum specimens. 54 out of [male][male] dtf and 89 out of 102 [female][female] had neutralizing serum. There were no significant differences in the incidence of positive sera referable to sex, illness, or physiological fluctuations in the [female], such as pregnancy, menstruation and the climacterium. Thus the frequent susceptibility of women under these conditions was not explained on the basis of the incidence of herpes neutralizing antibody in the serum.