Demographic rather than behavioral risk factors predict herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in sexually active adolescents

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 422-426

  Sucato, Gina ^a,b   Celum, Connie ^b   Dithmer, Dwyn ^b   Ashley, Rhoda ^b   Wald, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Demographics; Herpes simplex virus type 2; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0035074548     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200104000-00010     Document Type: Article

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