Prevalence of circumcision and herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in men in the United States: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2004

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 479-484

  Xu, Fujie ^a   Markowitz, Lauri E ^a   Sternberg, Maya R ^a   Aral, Sevgi O ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250890687     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000253335.41841.04     Document Type: Article

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