Prevalence and correlates of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 and syphilis infections in the general population in India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-100

  Sgaier, S K ^a,b   Mony, P ^a,c   Jayakumar, S ^c   McLaughlin, C ^a   Arora, P ^a   Kumar, R ^d   Bhatia, P ^e   Jha, P ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^e Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952107739     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.043687     Document Type: Article

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