Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection as a risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus acquisition in men who have sex with men

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-25

  Renzi, Cristina ^a   Douglas Jr , John M ^b   Foster, Mark ^b   Critchlow, Cathy W ^a   Ashley Morrow, Rhoda ^a   Buchbinder, Susan P ^c   Koblin, Beryl A ^d   McKirnan, David J ^e   Mayer, Kenneth H ^f,g   Celum, Connie L ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Denver Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

^d NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037222124     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345867     Document Type: Article

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