Herpes simplex virus infection and genital ulcer disease among patients with sexually transmitted infections in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-359

  Nilsen, Arvid ^a   Kasubi, Mabula Joseph ^a,c   Mohn, Stein Christian ^a   Mwakagile, Davis ^c   Langeland, Nina ^a   Haarr, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Genital ulcer disease; HSV 1; HSV 2; STI; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; ULCER; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCER;

EID: 35348836596     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0241     Document Type: Article

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