Women who have sex with women in the United States: Prevalence, sexual behavior and prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection-Results from national health and nutrition examination survey 2001-2006

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 407-413

  Xu, Fujie ^a   Sternberg, Maya R ^a   Markowitz, Lauri E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; HERPES GENITALIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LESBIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

EID: 77954084907     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181db2e18     Document Type: Article

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