Herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity and relationship status among U.S. adults age 20 to 49: A population-based analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bauer, Greta R ^a   Khobzi, Nooshin ^a   Coleman, Todd A ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COITUS; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELATIONSHIP STATUS; SELF REPORT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650370215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-359     Document Type: Article

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