Partner-concurrency associated with herpes simplex virus 2 infection in young South Africans

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 804-812

  Kenyon, Chris ^a,b   Colebunders, Robert ^b   Buve, Anne ^c   Hens, Niel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AIDS; epidemiology; herpes simplex virus; HIV; HSV 2; partner concurrency; risk factors; sexual network; sexually transmitted infection; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRANT WORKER; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 84887325054     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413482810     Document Type: Article

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