Seroprevalence and risk factors for herpes simplex virus infection in a population of HIV-infected patients in Canada

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-169

  Romanowski, Barbara ^a,d   Myziuk, Linda N ^a   Walmsley, Sharon L ^b   Trottier, Sylvie ^c   Singh, Ameeta E ^a   Houston, Stanley ^a   Joffe, Mark ^a   Chiu, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CANADA; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849120004     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31818d3fb6     Document Type: Article

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