Prevalence of HSV-2 antibody in a Melbourne antenatal population attending a tertiary obstetric hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-272

  Sasadeusz, Joseph John ^a   Silvers, Julie Elizabeth ^b   Kent, Helen Elizabeth ^b   Devenish, Wayne ^b   Hocking, Jane ^c   Garland, Suzanne Marie ^b,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genital herpes; Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV 2); Neonatal herpes; Pregnancy; Serology

Indexed keywords

HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2 ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 44849129731     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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