Association between human immunodeficiency virus and herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity among male factory workers in Zimbabwe

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 481-484

  Gwanzura, Lovemore ^b   McFarland, William ^a   Alexander, D'Anna ^b   Burke, Rae Lyn ^b   Katzenstein, David ^b  

^a AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKER; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031883206     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517381     Document Type: Article

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