The frequency of unrecognized type 2 herpes simplex virus infection among womenimplications for the control of genital herpes

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 90-94

  Koutsky, Laura A ^a,b   Ashley, Rhoda L ^a,b   Holmes, King K ^a,b   Stevens, Claire E ^a,b   Critchlow, Cathy W ^a,b   Kiviat, Nancy ^a,b   Lipinski, Carolyn M ^a,b   Wolner Hanssen P ^a,b   Corey, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025364411     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199004000-00009     Document Type: Article

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