Response to Brown et al., 'Incident and prevalent herpes simplex virus type 2 infection increases risk of HIV acquisition among women in Uganda and Zimbabwe' [2]

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2356-2357

  Williams, Brian G ^a   Gouws, Eleanor ^b   Ramjee, Gita ^c   Karim, Salim Abdool ^d,e,f  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARD; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 37349056036     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f12c9f     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Brown JM, Wald A, Hubbard A, Rungruengthanakit K, Chipato T, Rugpao S, et al. Incident and prevalent herpes simplex virus type 2 infection increases risk of HIV acquisition among women in Uganda and Zimbabwe. AIDS 2007; 21:1515-1523.
2. Ramjee G, Williams B, Gouws E, Van Dyck E, Deken BD, Karim SA. The impact of incident and prevalent herpes simplex virus-2 infection on the incidence of HIV-1 infection among commercial sex workers in South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2005; 39:333-339.
3. Freeman EE, Weiss HA, Glynn JR, Cross PL, Whitworth JA, Hayes RJ. Herpes simplex virus 2 infection increases HIV acquisition in men and women: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. AIDS 2006; 20:73-83.
4. Auvert B, Ballard R, Campbell C, Carael M, Carton M, Fehler G, et al. HIV infection among youth in a South African mining town is associated with herpes simplex virus-2 seropositivity and sexual behaviour. AIDS 2001; 15:885-898.