Herpes simplex virus seroprevalence and risk factors in 2 Canadian sexually transmitted disease clinics

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-100

  Singh, Ameeta E ^a,b,d   Romanowski, Barbara ^a   Wong, Tom ^c   Gourishankar, Sita ^a   Myziuk, Linda ^a   Fenton, Jayne ^e   Preiksaitis, Jutta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d TELUS   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 12744261313     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000151415.78210.85     Document Type: Article

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