How safe is safer sex? High levels of HSV-1 and HSV-2 in female sex workers in London

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1114-1119

  Fox, Julie ^a   Taylor, G P ^a   Day, S ^b   Parry, J ^c   Ward, H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HERPES SIMPLEX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAFE SEX; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 33748349038     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006133     Document Type: Article

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