Apolipoprotein E-ε4 and recurrent genital herpes in individuals co-infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 516-517

  Jayasuriya, A N ^a   Itzhaki, R F ^b   Wozniak, M A ^b   Patel, R ^c   Smit, E J ^a   Noone, R ^b   Gilleran, G ^a   Taylor, S ^a   White, D J ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALLELE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL ULCER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 57149104736     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.032367     Document Type: Article

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