Effect of Genital Herpes on Cervicovaginal HIV Shedding in Women Co-Infected with HIV AND HSV-2 in Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Todd, Jim ^a   Riedner, Gabriele ^a,b   Maboko, Leonard ^b   Hoelscher, Michael ^c   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Lyamuya, Eligius ^d   Mabey, David ^a   Rusizoka, Mary ^b   Belec, Laurent ^e,f   Hayes, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute for Medical Research Mbeya Medical Research Programme   (Tanzania)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; TANZANIA; VIRUS SHEDDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874870457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059037     Document Type: Article

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