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C. Merrill Whorton, MD
Jacksonville Blood Bank Jacksonville, Fla

JAMA. 1985;254(24):3421.

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To the Editor.—

I read with interest the article by Rubin et al¹ that appeared in the March 1 issue of THE JOURNAL. The authors purport to describe the first fatal case of herpes simplex type 2 in a healthy adult without immunosuppression or encephalitis.

In January 1983, the Southern Medical Journal published a similar case study prepared by me and my colleagues.² . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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