Herpes in the time of AIDS: A comparison of the epidemiology of HIV-1 and HSV-2 in young men in northern Thailand

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Dobbins, James G ^a   Mastro, Timothy D ^a,b,c,e   Nopkesorn, Taweesak ^d   Sangkharomya, Suebpong ^d   Limpakarnjanarat, Khanchit ^b,c   Weniger, Bruce G ^a,b,c   Schmid, D Scott ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HIV/AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

^c AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

^d Royal Thai Army   (Thailand)

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOLDIER; THAILAND;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; MEN; MILITARY PERSONNEL--MEN; POLITICAL FACTORS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR--MEN; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR--MEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH--MEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND;

EID: 0033011540     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199902000-00001     Document Type: Article

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