Risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 and its association with HIV among pregnant teenagers in Zimbabwe

Sexual Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-89

  Munjoma, Marshall W ^a   Mapingure, Munyaradzi P ^a   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Co infection; Prevalence; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HERB; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; POLYGAMY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77149163870     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09106     Document Type: Article

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