Epidemiology of genital herpes in pittsburgh: Serologic, sexual, and racial correlates of apparent and inapparent herpes simplex infections

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 299-305

  Breinig, Mary kay ^a   Kingsley, Lawrence A ^a   Armstrong, John A ^a   Freeman, Donna J ^a   Ho, Monto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPOSITIVE REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLACKS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WHITES;

EID: 0025314706     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/162.2.299     Document Type: Article

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