HSV-2 specific seroprevalence among various populations in Rome, Italy

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-214

  Suligoi, B ^a   Cusan, M ^b   Santopadre, P ^c   Palu G ^b   Catania, S ^c   Girelli, G ^c   Pala, S ^c   Vullo, V ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033946893     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.3.213     Document Type: Article

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