Epidemiology of genital herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 infections in Southwestern Finland during a 10-year period (2003-2012)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 268-271

  Kortekangas Savolainen, Outi ^a   Orhanen, Elina ^a   Puodinketo, Teemu ^a   Vuorinen, Tytti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENITAL HERPES; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS CULTURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VIRUS LATENCY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 84897838997     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000101     Document Type: Article

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