PREVALENCE OF THE HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (TYPES 1 AND 2) AMONG PATIENTS IN THE PLACES OF DETENTION.

The purpose of the study - the establishment of serological prevalence of Herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) и Herpes simplex 2 (HSV-2) in male and female prisoners as well as the analysis of separate psychosocial aspects of the spread of the infection in prisons in Ukraine. Herpes simplex virus markers, specifically class M and G immunoglobulins (IgM and IgG), have been identified (HSV-1 и HSV-2 in the blood serum in 80 prisoners from the prisons in Ukraine (40 men, average age 38.2 years and 40 women, average age 35.