Clinical course of patients with serologic evidence of recurrent genital herpes presenting with signs and symptoms of first episode disease

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-225

  Diamond, Catherine ^a,b   Selke, Stacy ^a   Ashley, Rhoda ^a   Benedetti, Jacqueline ^a   Corey, Lawrence ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c Program in Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033044397     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199904000-00007     Document Type: Article

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