Herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity among urban adults in Africa: Results from two cross-sectional surveys in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-181

  Mihret, Wude ^a   Rinke De Wit, Tobias F ^b   Petros, Beyene ^a   Mekonnen, Yared ^b   Tsegaye, Aster ^b   Wolday, Dawit ^b   Beyene, Asfaw ^b   Aklilu, Mathias ^b   Sanders, Eduard ^b   Fontanet, Arnaud L ^b,c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP   (Ethiopia)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036123493     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200203000-00008     Document Type: Article

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