Asymptomatic perianal shedding of herpes simplex virus in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 180-183

  Pannuti, Cláudio S ^a,b   Finch, Maria Cristina D S ^b   Grimbaun, Renato S ^a   Sumita, Laura M ^b   Almeida, Andréia L S ^a   Rezende, Nancy F ^a   Gomes, Maria P S ^a   Pinho, João R R ^b   Kirchhoff, Louis V ^c  

^a Infectious Diseases Service   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CULTURE; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0031036247     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.2.180     Document Type: Article

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