. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Endod. 2009 Feb;35(2):182–188. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2008.11.018

Table 2. Incidence of Herpesviruses in Endodontic Abscess and Healthy Pulp¹.

Endodontic Specimen	N	HCMV	EBV	HSV	VZV
HEALTHY PULP²
	19	8 (42.1)	0	1 (5.26)	0
ACUTE APICAL ABSCESSES
	31	9 (29.0)	2 (6.5)	1 (3.2)	0

Values are given as n (% incidence).

Values for healthy pulp were obtained from reference 5

Table 2. Incidence of Herpesviruses in Endodontic Abscess and Healthy Pulp1.