Prevalence and risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among middle-age women in Brazil and the Philippines

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 187-194

  Smith, Jennifer S ^a   Herrero, Rolando ^a,b   Muñoz, Nubia ^a   Eluf Neto, José ^c   Ngelangel, Cora ^d   Bosch, F Xavier ^e   Ashley, Rhoda L ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b Hospital Mexico Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0035076540     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200104000-00001     Document Type: Article

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