Prevalence and predictors of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among female sex workers in Yunnan Province, China

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 635-639

  Wang, Haibo ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Chen, Ray Y ^b   Sharp, Gerald B ^b   Ma, Yanling ^c   Wang, Guixiang ^d   Ding, Guowei ^a   Wu, Zhenglai ^e  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Yunnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Kaiyuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Condom; Female sex worker; Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV 2); Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50849094566     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008013     Document Type: Article

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