What's the best test for HSV-2 after exposure?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-222

  Heintzman, John ^a   Rugge, Bruin ^a   Judkins, Dolores Zegar ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947425160     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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