Prevalence and risk factors of HSV-2 infection and HSV-2/HIV coinfection in men who have sex with men in China: A multisite cross-sectional study

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 354-358

  Yin, Yue Ping ^a   Chen, Shao Chun ^a   Wang, Hong Chun ^a   Wei, Wan Hui ^a   Wang, Qian Qiu ^a   Liang, Guo Jun ^a   Jiang, Ning ^a   Han, Yan ^a   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a   Wang, Baoxi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHINA; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPES GENITALIS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862781763     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318244aef0     Document Type: Article

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