Prevalence of herpes simplex type 2 and syphilis serology among young adults in a rural Gambian community

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 358-365

  Shaw, M ^a   Van der Sande, M ^a   West, B ^a   Paine, K ^a   Ceesay, S ^b   Bailey, R ^a   Walraven, G ^a   Morison, L ^c   McAdam, K ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b Department of State for Health   (Gambia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Herpes simplex virus; Seroepidemiological studies

Indexed keywords

REAGINIC ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0034788350     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.77.5.358     Document Type: Article

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