Prevalence of HIV, HSV-2 and pregnancy among high school students in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A bio-behavioural cross-sectional survey

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 620-626

  Karim, Quarraisha Abdool ^a,b   Kharsany, Ayesha B M ^a   Leask, Kerry ^a   Ntombela, Fanelisibonge ^a   Humphries, Hilton ^a   Frohlich, Janet A ^a   Samsunder, Natasha ^a   Grobler, Anneke ^a   Dellar, Rachael ^a   Karim, Salim S Abdool ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HIV TEST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERPES GENITALIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; URINE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; URINE;

EID: 84911453374     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051548     Document Type: Article

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