Performance of HSV-2 type specific serological tests in men in Kenya

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-281

  Ng'ayo, Musa Otieno ^a   Friedrich, David ^b   Holmes, King K ^c   Bukusi, Elizabeth ^a,d   Morrow, Rhoda Ashley ^b,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Seattle Children's   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fishermen in Kenya; HSV 2; Serology; Test performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FISHERMAN; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 73249144782     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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