Krantz Ingela, Löwhagen Gun-Britt, Ahlberg Beth Maina, Nilstun Tore
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology, Umeå University, Sweden.
BMJ. 2004 Sep 11;329(7466):618-21. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.618.
Commercial tests for herpes simplex virus are now widely available, and some experts have advocated screening. But can screening be ethical when false positive results occur, many infected people are asymptomatic, and no cure is available?
目前,针对单纯疱疹病毒的商业检测已广泛应用,一些专家主张进行筛查。但是,当出现假阳性结果、许多感染者无症状且尚无治愈方法时,筛查是否符合伦理道德呢?