Prevalence of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus compared with selected sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents and young adults in rural Rakai District, Uganda

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-81

  Wawer, Maria J ^a,e   Eng, Sybil M ^a   Serwadda, David ^b   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^b   Kiwanuka, Noah ^c   Li, Chuanjun ^d   Gray, Ronald H ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UGANDA; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035124590     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200102000-00003     Document Type: Article

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