Herpes simplex virus type 2 risks in female sex workers in the China-Vietnam border county of hekou

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 706-710

  Wang, Jun Jie ^a   Zhu, Zhi Bin ^b   Yang, Xi ^b   Wu, Jing ^a   Wang, Hai Bo ^a   Feng, Lin ^c   Ding, Guo Wei ^a   Norris, Jessie L ^a   Wang, Ning ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Hekou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Female sex workers; HSV 2; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870858303     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2012.06.013     Document Type: Letter

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