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All the corneal buttons were subjected to reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR (qPCR) for the detection of latency-associated transcript (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">LAT<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) gene, conventional PCR for polymerase (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">pol<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) gene, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for HSV-1 antigen respectively. After obtaining baseline preoperative clinical data, all the patients were followed up for three years. The results obtained were correlated with clinicopathological features and follow-up data.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of the 30 suspected viral keratitis patients there were 6 females and 24 males with mean age 46.5 \u00b1 24.62 years (3-80 yrs). There was a marked male preponderance (80%). HSV-1 LAT transcript was detected in 23% (7\/30) corneal buttons by qPCR, HSV-1 DNA in 6.7% (2\/30) and HSV-1 antigen in 30% (9\/30) cases by conventional PCR and IHC respectively. A statistically significant association was found between qPCR and DNA PCR (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.04). All the 30 control corneas were negative for HSV-1\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">LAT<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene, DNA and antigen.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Detection of HSV-1 LAT transcript by qPCR may be superior to HSV-1 DNA PCR (conventional) and IHC, which has low sensitivity. 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