Predictors of herpes simplex virus type 2 prevalence and incidence among bar and hotel workers in Moshi, Tanzania

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-501

  Tassiopoulos, Katherine K ^a   Seage III, George ^a   Sam, Noel ^c   Kiwelu, Ireen ^c   Shao, John ^c   Ao, Trong T H ^a   Essex, Max ^a   Coplan, Paul ^b,d   Rosenberg, Zeda ^b   Hughes, Michael ^a   Kapiga, Saidi ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR MICROBICIDES   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

EID: 33846849633     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510537     Document Type: Article

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