A Seroepidemiologic Survey of the Prevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 321, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 7-12

  Johnson, Robert E ^a   Nahmias, André J ^a   Magder, Laurence S ^b   Lee, Francis K ^b   Brooks, Camilla A ^b   Snowden, Cecelia B ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0024364741     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198907063210102     Document Type: Article

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