Herpes simplex virus type 1 infection: A sexually transmitted infection of adolescence?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 346-348

  Cowan, Frances M ^a   Copas, A ^a   Johnson, A M ^a   Ashley, R ^b   Corey, L ^b   Mindel, A ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036798234     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.5.346     Document Type: Article

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