Genital herpes in a primary care clinic: Demographic and sexual correlates of herpes simplex type 2 infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 149-155

  Wald, Anna ^a   Koutsky, Laura ^c   Ashley, Rhoda L ^b   Corey, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030900988     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199703000-00005     Document Type: Article

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