[Serum HSV-2 antibody in males from high and low incidence areas of cervical cancer].

Serum HSV-2 antibody in male from high and low incidence areas of cervical cancer was assayed by enzyme-immuno-slide method. The results show that the geometric mean titer of the serum HSV-2 antibody in the male from high incidence area (413.5) is significantly higher than that from the low incidence area (210.4) (P less than 0.01). It indicates that the high cancer incidence might be related to the high HSV-2 infection rate in the spouses of the cervical cancer patients.