Seroepidemiology of Herpes simplex virus type 2 in the Amerindian Yukpa population of Zulia state, Venezuela;Seroepidemiología del virus Herpes simplex 2 en una población indígena Yukpa Estado Zulia. Venezuela

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-252

  Monsalve C, Francisca ^a,b   Estévez, Jesús ^a   Costa L, Luciana ^a   Salas A, María ^a   Hernández M, María ^a   Olaya G, Juan ^a   Rodríguez C, Elisbeth ^a   Callejas M, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Diseases, Viral; Herpes simplex; Sexually transmitted

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0346407842     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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