Prevalence and risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among adolescents and adults in northern Cameroon

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 690-693

  Suligoi, Barbara ^a   Tchamgmena, Odile ^a   Sarmati, Loredana ^b   Bugarini, Roberto ^a   Toma, Luigi ^a   Bakary, Djibrilla Kaou ^c   Glikoutou, Michel ^d   Rezza, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Delegation Provincial de Santè Publique   (Cameroon)

^d Hôpital Centrale   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; CAMEROON; CONDOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENDER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035213318     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200112000-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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