Rising incidence and prevalence of herpes simplex type 2 infection in a cohort of 26 year old New Zealanders

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 353-357

  Eberhart Phillips, J E ^a   Dickson, N P ^a   Paul, C ^a   Herbison, G P ^a   Taylor, J ^b   Cunningham, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genital herpes; Herpes simplex virus; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; THROMBOSPONDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034791752     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.77.5.353     Document Type: Article

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