A prospective cohort study of partner testing for herpes simplex virus and sexual behavior during pregnancy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 486-494

  Delaney, Shani ^a   Gardella, Carolyn ^a   Daruthayan, Constance ^a   Saracino, Misty ^b   Drolette, Linda ^b   Corey, Lawrence ^b,c   Wald, Anna ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFE SEX; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX; GENITAL HERPES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866909202     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis403     Document Type: Article

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