Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among bar and hotel workers in northern Tanzania: Prevalence and risk factors

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-192

  Kapiga, Saidi H ^a   Sam, Noel E ^b   Shao, John F ^b   Masenga, Elisante J ^b   Renjifo, Boris ^a   Kiwelu, Ireen E ^b   Manongi, Rachel ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Essex, Max ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TANZANIA; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037334688     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200303000-00001     Document Type: Article

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