Herpes simplex 2 risk among women in a polygynous setting in rural West Africa

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-103

  Halton, Kate ^a   Ratcliffe, Amy A ^c   Morison, Linda ^a   West, Beryl ^c   Shaw, Matthew ^a   Bailey, Robin ^c   Walraven, Gijs ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Behaviour change programmes; Epidemiology; Herpes simplex virus 2; Risk factors; Transmission within marriage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; POLYGYNY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037415050     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200301030-00013     Document Type: Article

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