Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among commercial sex workers in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 694-697

  Ngo, T D ^a   Laeyendecker, O ^a,b   Li, C ^c   Tai, H ^d   Cui, M ^e   Lai, S ^b   Quinn, T C ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Department of Laboratory of Medicine

^e Kunming Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; Commercial sex workers; Hepatitis C virus; Herpes simplex virus type 2; Human immunodeficiency virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549085436     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008072     Document Type: Article

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