Demographic, behavioral, and knowledge factors associated with herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among men whose current female partner has genital herpes

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 308-313

  Rana, Rashida K ^a   Pimenta, Jeanne M ^a   Rosenberg, Daniel M ^b   Tyring, Stephen K ^c   Paavonen, Jorma ^d   Cook, Suzanne F ^e   Robinson, Noah J ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Worldwide Epidemiology   (Singapore)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENITAL HERPES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17744391986     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000162363.82005.fe     Document Type: Article

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