Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 among Mexican High School Adolescents: Prevalence and Association with Community Characteristics

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 774-782

  Gutierrez, Juan Pablo ^a   Conde González, Carlos J ^a   Walker, Dilys M ^a   Bertozzi, Stefano M ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HSV 2; Mexico; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548396702     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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