Herpes simplex virus shedding among human immunodeficiency virus- negative men who have sex with men: Site and frequency of shedding

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 978-982

  Krone, Melissa R ^b   Tabet, Stephen R ^b   Paradise, Mary ^b   Wald, Anna ^b   Corey, Lawrence ^b   Celum, Connie L ^a  

^a Cabrini Medical Tower   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0031710047     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515666     Document Type: Article

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