A sero-epidemiological study of herpes virus type 1 and 2 infection in Israel

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 85-92

  Isacsohn, Meir ^a   Smetana, Zahava ^b   Rones, Zichria Zakai ^c   Raveh, David ^a   Diamant, Yoram ^a   Samueloff, Arnon ^a   Shaya, Michel ^a   Mendelson, Ella ^b   Slater, Paul ^d   Rudenski, Bernard ^a   On, Elchanan Bar ^a   Morag, Abraham ^c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Central Virology Laboratory   (Iceland)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Department of Epidemiology   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; HSV1; HSV2; Sero incidence; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0036137305     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(01)00233-5     Document Type: Article

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