A comparison of referral patterns and characteristics of patients with first episode symptomatic genital HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections in Sheffield

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 206-209

  Nageswaran, A ^a,b   Shen, R N ^a   Craig, J ^a   Kyi, T T ^a   Priestley, C J F ^a   Kinghorn, G R ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ANN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

first episode genital herpes; herpes simplex virus; patient characteristics; serotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79960417606     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.72.3.206     Document Type: Article

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