Human immunodeficiency virus infection and genital ulcer disease in South Africa: The herpetic connection

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-29

  Chen, Cheng Y ^a   Ballard, Ronald C ^b   Beck Sague, Consuelo M ^a   Dangor, Yusuf ^b   Radebe, Frans ^b   Schmid, Scott ^a   Weiss, Judith B ^c   Tshabalala, Vanessa ^b   Fehler, Glenda ^b   Htun, Ye ^b   Morse, Stephen A ^a,d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENITAL ULCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0033977354     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200001000-00005     Document Type: Article

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