Genital Herpes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1970-1977+2017

  Kimberlin, David W ^a,b   Rouse, Dwight J ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR; VALACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL ULCER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX EROSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2342469999     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp023065     Document Type: Article

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