| HSV1 PCR result | |||||||
| Hospital laboratory Method | Research laboratory Method | ||||||
| Amplification target: GpG | Amplification target GpB | ||||||
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Total | |||
| Clinical | Typical epithelial lesion | 25 (46) | 29 (54) | 28 (52) | 26 (48) | 54 (100) p = 0.625** | |
| Presentation: | Atypical epithelial lesion | 3 (8) | 35 (92) | 4 (11) | 34 (90) | 38 (100) | |
| Total | 27 (29) | 65 (71) | 32 (35) | 60 (65) | 92 (100) | ||
| p = 0.00015* | p = 0.00004* | ||||||