A prospective study of risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 acquisition among high-risk HIV-1 seronegative women in Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 489-492

  Chohan, Vrasha ^a,b   Baeten, J M ^b   Benki, S ^c   Graham, S M ^a,b   Lavreys, L ^a,b   Mandaliya, K ^d   Ndinya Achola, J O ^a   Jaoko, W ^a   Overbaugh, J ^c   McClelland, R S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDOM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; VAGINITIS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449120314     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.036103     Document Type: Article

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