Correlates of herpes simplex virus seroprevalence among women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 329-334

  Austin, Harland ^a,g   Macaluso, Maurizio ^d   Nahmias, Andre ^b   Lee, Francis K ^b   Kelaghan, Joseph ^c   Fleenor, Michael ^f   Hook III, Edward W ^e  

^a Association of Schools of Public Health   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0032985661     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199907000-00004     Document Type: Article

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