Antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2 as serological marker of sexual lifestyle in populations

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6965, 1994, Pages 1325-

  Cowan, F M ^a   Johnson, A M ^a   Ashley, R ^a   Corey, L ^a   Mindel, A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0028172131     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6965.1325     Document Type: Article

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