Increasing relative prevalence of HSV-2 infection among men with genital ulcers from a mining community in South Africa

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 202-207

  Lai, W ^a   Chen, Cheng Yen ^c   Morse, S A ^c   Htun, Ye ^b   Fehler, H G ^b   Liu, H ^c   Ballard, R C ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; CHANCROID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCER;

EID: 0037974511     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.3.202     Document Type: Article

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