HSV-2 incidence by sex over four age periods to age 38 in a birth cohort

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-245

  Dickson, Nigel ^a   Righarts, Antoinette ^a   Van Roode, Thea ^a   Paul, Charlotte ^a   Taylor, Janette ^b   Cunningham, Anthony L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899572283     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051235     Document Type: Article

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