Herpes simplex virus 2: A boon to develop other sexually transmitted infections

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 236-238

  Chopra, Shimpi ^a   Devi, Pushpa ^a   Devi, Bimla ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Genital herpes; HIV; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84877093800     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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