Longitudinal study of genital infection by herpes simplex virus type 1 in western Scotland over 15 years

BMJ

Volumn 324, Issue 7350, 2002, Pages 1366-1367

  Scoular, Anne ^a   Norrie, John ^b   Gillespie, Graeme ^c   Carman, W F ^c   Mir, Noreen ^d  

^a Sandyford Initiative ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Genitourinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGE; ARTICLE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037042623     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7350.1366     Document Type: Article

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