Prevalence and determinants of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in a cohort of HIV-positive individuals in Italy

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 665-667

  Suligoi, Barbara ^a   Dorrucci, Maria ^a   Volpi, Antonio ^b   Andreoni, Massimo ^b   Zerboni, Roberto ^c   Rezza, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036842308     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200211000-00008     Document Type: Article

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