The Epidemiology and Clinical Analysis of Several Outbreaks of Herpes Gladiatorum

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1809-1814

  Anderson, Bruce J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Famcyclovir; Herpes gladiatorum; HSV 1; Valacyclovir; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FAMCICLOVIR; VALACICLOVIR; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HANDEDNESS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WRESTLING;

2-AMINOPURINE; ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VALINE; WRESTLING;

EID: 0242610486     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000093759.79673.3C     Document Type: Article

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