Seroprevalence and factors associated with herpes simplex virus type 2 among HIV-negative high-risk men who have sex with men from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rodrigues, Junia ^a   Grinsztejn, Beatriz ^a   Bastos, Francisco I ^b   Velasque, Luciane ^a   Luz, Paula M ^a   de Souza, Claudia T V ^a   Georg, Ingebourg ^a   Pilotto, Jose H ^a   Veloso, Valdilea G ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYPHILIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENITAL HERPES; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349149405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-39     Document Type: Article

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