Risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among female commercial sex workers in Mexico City

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Uribe Salas, Felipe ^a   Hernandez Avila M ^a   Juarez Figueroa L ^a   Conde Glez, C J ^a   Uribe Zuniga P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Consejo Nac Prev/Contr SIDA ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Female commercial sex; HSV 2 infection; Mexico City; Working sites

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; TIME; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HERPES GENITALIS; INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTES--WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SYPHILIS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032929029     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991913727     Document Type: Article

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