Infection with human immunodeficiency virus, herpes simplex virus type 2, and human herpes virus 8 in remote villages of southwestern Papua New Guinea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-36

  Suligoi, B ^a   Danaya, R T ^b   Sarmati, L ^c   Owen, I L ^d   Boros, S ^a   Pozio, E ^a   Andreoni, M ^c   Rezza, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d National Veterinary Laboratory Boroko   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

HUMAN HERPES VIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 17644391757     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.33     Document Type: Article

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