Genital shedding of herpes simplex virus type 2 in childbearing-aged and pregnant women living in Gabon

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-127

  Ozouaki, Francis ^a   Ndjoyi Mbiguino, Angélique ^a   Legoff, Jérôme ^b   Onas, Isabelle Ndombi ^a   Kendjo, Eric ^c   Si Mohamed, Ali ^b   Mbopi Kéou, François Xavier ^d   Malkin, Jean Elie ^e   Bélec, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^d Universite de Yaounde I Faculte de Medecine   (Cameroon)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; FEMALE; GABON; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL ULCER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GABON; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 33644501428     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206775455711     Document Type: Article

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