Seroprevalence, predictors and estimated incidence of maternal and neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 infection in semi-urban women in Kilifi, Kenya

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nyiro, Joyce U ^a   Sanders, Eduard J ^a,b   Ngetsa, Caroline ^a   Wale, Steve ^a   Awuondo, Ken ^a   Bukusi, Elizabeth ^c   Price, Matthew A ^d   Amornkul, Pauli N ^d   James Nokes, D ^a,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENYA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957660018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-155     Document Type: Article

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