Prevalence and correlates of herpes simplex virus type-2 infection among men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2008

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 617-621

  Bohl, Daniel D ^a   Katz, Kenneth A ^b,c   Bernstein, Kyle ^d   Wong, Ernie ^d   Raymond, Henry Fisher ^d   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^d   McFarland, Willi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

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

^d SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959682619     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31820a8c10     Document Type: Article

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