Correlates of human herpes virus-8 and herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in Northern Cameroon

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-472

  Volpi, Antonio ^a   Sarmati, L ^a   Suligoi, B ^a   Montano, M ^a   Rezza, G ^b   Andreoni, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV; Northern Cameroon; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMEROON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 4644240917     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20200     Document Type: Article

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